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How To Be (2008)

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Officially an adult but locked into a perpetual phase of arrested development, an aimless twentysomething attempts to make sense of his go-nowhere life after being dumped by his girlfriend and forced to move back home with his parents. Art may still be far from mid-life, but no one can deny that he's having a crisis. When his attempts at establishing himself as a sensitive singer/songwriter fail, Art dips into his inheritance money in order to experiment with a variety of new-age therapies and

Unrated, 1 hr. 25 min.

Drama, Comedy

Oliver Irving

Nov 17, 2009

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An astonishingly irrelevant piece of work...

November 18, 2009 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | Comment
Reel Film Reviews

A kind of problem child with whiskers bitten by love in this delayed coming of age family dyfunction outing, Pattinson impresses with his broad range, while doing daffy and despair at the same time.

November 13, 2009 Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | Comment
NewsBlaze

A kind of problem child with whiskers bitten by love in this delayed coming of age family dyfunction outing, Pattinson impresses with his broad range, while doing daffy and despair at the same time.

November 13, 2009 Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | Comment
NewsBlaze

Fans who love 'RPattz' even more than Edward Cullen should be satisfied. They'll be the only ones.

April 29, 2009 Full Review Source: Metromix.com | Comment
Metromix.com

Filled with British humor so dry that it's down-right parched. (Still, if you're a big fan of Robert Pattinson, I suspect you won't be disappointed.)

March 3, 2009 Full Review Source: Internet Reviews | Comment (1)
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.................................................. thanks, redbox. coffee. gotta pick up more coffee................................................................................................................

December 8, 2009
LoughnerWasLucid

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Not bad. Heard mixed reviews on it - I didn't think it was awful, or fantastic. Full marks to Robert for doing something totally different than what he is typecast in by the Twilight movies. I don't think anyone would call him a pretty boy here, although obviously if you look past it all, he is good looking. Here he

September 17, 2010
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