Sentences with phrase «of teen angst»

There's no shortage of teen angst out there today, that's for sure!

Violette's work is often characterized as an exploration of present - day themes of disaster, driven by stories of teen angst or devotion to — even obsession with — a particular band.

Corey Haim takes on white supremacist rollerbladers in Prayer of the Rollerboys, the futuristic tale of teen angst and sweet love on skates.

Critic Consensus: Featuring one of Tom Cruise's best early performances, Risky Business is a sharp, funny examination of teen angst that doesn't stop short of exploring dark themes.

He's charming, believably agile, and has the right mix of teen angst and smart - ass comedy.

And the girls, well, they seem to understand the realimportance of teen angst.

Michelle scoffs at the notion of teen angst.

Season 1 of Riverdale was the perfect combination of teen angst and scandal.

The whole point of teen angst movies is to mature and discover yourself, but this movie is not as interesting or funny as others in this genre

Even Neil Patrick Harris as Pettyfer's blind tutor can't rescue this stew of teen angst and creepy stalkerness.

The directorial debut of Craig, who previously wrote the Alexis Bledel comedy Post Grad, The Edge of Seventeen is a hilarious portrait of teen angst and alienation that's willing to pencil in the F - bomb - heavy vocabulary of high schoolers.

What was promoted as a comedic, heartwarming depiction of teen angst feels more like a missed opportunity.

Saoirse Ronan exhibits the perfect example of teen angst throughout the film.

It perfectly captures the silliness of teen angst but treats it with respect at the same time.

Everything turns out fine in this blend of teen angst and history lesson (with references to repatriation and the devastation of Nagasaki).

Alas, whilst her paranormal love story leanings remain, so does her penchant for tedious melodrama, with the marriage of teen angst and otherworldly visitors one of pure convenience.

It still reflects the narcissistic torment of teen angst: the feeling that nobody understands what you're going through (certainly not your parents) and that your troubles are all - encompassing and insurmountable.

With a similar precision to the sharp blade seen in the film's opening moments (helping create one of the most arresting depictions of equine violence since The Godfather), Thoroughbreds immediately announces its arrival into the annals of teen angst dramas, playing out as a brooding bildungsroman of female friendship and murderous pacts that translates as...

If you enjoyed Skippy Dies, check out An Evening of Goodbyes, by Paul Murray, and 2 of my favorite novels of teen angst, alienation, and confusion, The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger and The Secret History by Donna Tartt.

I mean she's young, so she has that kind of teen angst that I feel I don't get to play with too much because it's not a comedic approach to anything you would do in animation.

At least from the perspective of my middle - aged, fairly unscathed male self, experiencing life with such an overflowing dose of teen angst is quite striking, especially when it has been told in such a superbly plausible and touching manner.

Love the story of teen angst and embarassment... he showed up at you school?

While Araki's previous films, such as Totally Fucked Up and The Doom Generation, were self - consciously trashy tales of teen angst and chic nihilism, Mysterious Skin explores the difficult, painful and frequently sensationalised issue of child sexual abuse.

Critics Consensus: Featuring one of Tom Cruise's best early performances, Risky Business is a sharp, funny examination of teen angst that doesn't stop short of exploring dark themes.

The feature directorial debut of talented newcomer Josh Trank, this mix of teen angst and Marvel Comics heroics stars young DiCaprio lookalike Dane DeHaan as Andrew, a Seattle senior juggling a miserable school life (he's pigeonholed as geeky outsider) with an even worse home life (invalid mother; drunken, abusive father).

The unfortunate thing about most teen comedies is that 99 % of them are content to stick to a tried and true formula rather than tell a compelling tale of teen angst and heartbroken romance.

Stories of teen angst, young love, and reckless mischief show up every single year, especially at the various film festivals.