Sentences with phrase «teenage friendship»

And good parent - child relationships tend to lead to good teenage friendships.

«More with less» is a rewarding concept when it comes to indie movies, and writer - director Peter Livolsi's The House of Tomorrow delivers just that in a brisk 90 minutes, telling a sweet, tart, and intelligently life - affirming story of teenage friendship and outsider spirit with a supremely light touch, and a winning collection of performances.

Stripping away the savvy pop culture references and genre winks, there's a charming story about teenage friendship underneath.

Girls on Fire by Robin Wasserman (Harper, May 17) The adult debut from young adult author Wasserman (The Waking Dark) sinks into the dangerous mire of obsessive teenage friendships through the tale of Lacey and Dex, two girls who play with the idea of revenge... and go too far.

But «more with less» is a rewarding concept when it comes to indie movies, and writer - director Peter Livolsi's «The House of Tomorrow» delivers just that in a brisk 90 minutes, telling a sweet, tart, and intelligently life - affirming story of teenage friendship and outsider spirit with a supremely light touch, and a winning collection of performances.

The end result is a lovely coming of age story about teenage friendship.

The film really soars in his portrayal of teenage friendship, though.

Her latest stars Elle Fanning, Alice Englert, Christina Hendricks, and Annette Bening in a coming of age story about the effect of the Cuban missile crisis on a teenage friendship.

The resulting fallout gets him unhappily transferred back to his Harlan, Kentucky home turf, where his teenage friendship with the local white supremacist helps the Feds and his shoot - first - brood - later attitude is better appreciated.

Aurora Guerrero's Mosquita y Mari leans too heavily upon clichés (laboured post-rock soundtrack accompanying slow - motion shots of its characters moodily walking along train tracks), and its tale of teenage friendship is overly familiar, but its two leads have a magnetic pull, particularly the melancholy Fenessa Pineda.

Fox and Seyfried are excellent, expertly capturing the love - hate aspect of many a teenage friendship.

With spot - on 1980s references, Hendrix perfectly captures the angst of teenage friendships and the stagnant air of suburbia in this comic horror novel.

Our reviewer writes, «With scenes gruesome enough to satisfy any horror fan (you won't look at milkshakes the same way after finishing this one), Hendrix has created a genre - ambiguous story that demonstrates a real understanding of teenage friendships.»

She first became interested in the theme of toxic female friendships and the question of whether we can ever, truly, escape our past after hearing a news story about a teenage friendship that went horribly wrong.

(Bella) A chilling, blackly funny novel with a surreal edge about the intensity of teenage friendship.

Glory O'Brien's History of the Future is a multilayered, genre - defying book; it's also about the changing dynamics of teenage friendship, the uncertainty of post-high school plans and the dark and bizarre glimpses of a misogynist, dystopian future that Glory and Ellie begin to see after drinking a petrified bat (really).

By unveiling the story in alternating perspectives by Lacey and Dex, with interludes from others, Wasserman slowly peels back the layers of teenage friendship.

«Whaley covers tough issues such as mental health with empathy and good humor, weaving a relatable story of teenage friendship and the realities of mental illness.»