Winner of both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award at Sundance just 10 weeks ago, so it goes without saying we need to take this very seriously. No poster yet, but my gosh, whoever designed the cover of the book two years ago already chose a classic ready-made Fox Searchlight color scheme. Opens June 12.
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The trailer doesn’t do this film justice! saw this at Sundance… It will make you laugh out loud and then by the end break your heart. I’ve never seen a movie produce so many laughs and tears at the same time. I can’t wait to see it again. In terms of Oscars… It should at the very least land in Adapted Screenplay. It should be a Best Picture contender as well as for Director and potentially cinematography and editing. The 3 young actors all deliver exceptional and worthy performances but age bias will more than likely affect their chances. Then again if Ellen Page can get in… I don’t know.
does it make me a heartless person to say that the “indie teen flick” checklist this trailer seemed so eager to check off kept me entirely at arm’s length from the emotional core of the story?
it seems like a finely acted, smart film.
but it suffers from the one thing that seemed to drive me crazy (still does) at film school: that every film made by/geared towards young, film-loving types HAS to be chock-full of references to other filmmakers and be stylistically quirky, even if those are detrimental to the emotional development of the narrative (cripes, I’ve even made MYSELF use technical film school terms).
this seems to be a moving enough story on its own. why ape other filmmakers if you can just tell it in a cinematically lean, reference-less way?
it also reminds me of another problem I’ve seen with young filmmakers all over the world, post-Tarantino, who all seem to desperately try to incorporate his style by just jamming as many film references in their films as possible. it becomes more of an exercise of “look at how much I know about film!” as opposed to “look at how well I can MAKE a film!”.
we already have Jason Reitman and Wes Anderson. I’d much rather see this story told through fresh, new eyes. which is why I love Damien Chazelle, Xavier Dolan (even if I don’t love his films, I do acknowledge he is a massive talent and an even more massively individual voice) and Andrea Arnold. they don’t hide their influences, but they don’t let those keep them from doing their own thing.
The book was a great read—looking forward to the movie. It might do better with critics than the Academy considering the latter’s antipathy toward movies about teens.
*There are several really wonderful books being made into movies this year. Right after the Oscars, I read The Revenant, Brooklyn, and Me and Earl and the Dying Girl.
Looks like a beauty — climbs a bunch of positions in most anticipated list.
Fault in the Stars really turned me off to dying teens – I hope this is better
I do get a bit of a Juno vibe from this trailer, but I love that movie, so that isn’t a bad thing. Anyway, yes, this movie looks wonderful and I’m hoping it serves as decent counterprogramming amid all the summer blockbusters.
It probably has to turn into Terms of Endearment or something to get any oscar chances
Man! Sundance is really bringing it lately. Last year had Boyhood and Whiplash, which turned into my #1 and #2 favorite movies of the year. This year there is this one and Dope. It’s not just a pitstop anymore. As for this trailer, I think it does a good job in making the movie look fun, so unless it turns into Terms of Endearment or something, I’m in.
Anyone think this has a chance at some Oscar nominations?
Imma let’chou know more later.
(Get it? “Imma let Juno more later.”)