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Paper Towns

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58% Tomatometer 137 Reviews 47% Popcornmeter 25,000+ Ratings
Young and shy Quentin (Nat Wolff) is in for the night of his life when Margo (Cara Delevingne), the most popular student in high school, recruits him to help her play mischievous pranks on the friends who betrayed her. The next day, however, the mysterious Margo is nowhere to be found. With help from a few buddies and some cryptic clues that she left behind, Quentin embarks on an obsessive mission to find the girl who stole his heart and made him feel truly alive.
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Paper Towns isn't as deep or moving as it wants to be, yet it's still earnest, well-acted, and thoughtful enough to earn a place in the hearts of teen filmgoers of all ages.

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Max Weiss Baltimore Magazine Jun 12, 2016
2.5/4
I like everything about Paper Towns except for its premise and central romance. Yes, I know those sort of seem like dealbreakers, but the things I liked about Paper Towns marginally outweighed the things I didn't like. Marginally. Go to Full Review Jason Bailey Flavorwire May 27, 2016
'Paper Towns' may well be the Manic Pixie Dream Girl's nadir. Go to Full Review Geoffrey Macnab Independent (UK) Aug 20, 2015
3/5
The film is thankfully shorn of the sentimentality which weighed down The Fault in Our Stars. Go to Full Review Richard Crouse Richard Crouse Feb 3, 2021
3/5
The cast brings the material to life, breathing life into a story that is simultaneously overwritten and under realised. Go to Full Review Shikhar Verma High on Films Jan 24, 2021
3/5
Paper Towns is a coming-of-age film that doesn't always get it right. But, when it does, it transcends the message across quite evidently. Go to Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Sep 19, 2020
3.5/4.0
Hollywood can surprise us and serve up an honest, funny, entertaining, and endearing film. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Ashlynne P @ashlynnep Jul 23, 2026 Typical John Green movie. Teenage angst mixed with predictable twists. Cute background watch. See more Pedro O @pedrohob91 Feb 27, 2026 I genuinely admire the courage of anyone who read the book and still chose to watch the film. See more thiago s @Thiagostone Jul 10, 2025 Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom See more Julian Rex M @Julian_M Jun 26, 2025 Paper Towns lacks the emotional cohesion and compelling pacing of other John Green adaptations, but its admirable and often even profound social commentary, braced by a humor that flits evenly between edgy and warm, allows it to stand as a fulfilling--if not powerful--teen summer movie. See more Pedro Henrique C @Pedro2005 Jun 19, 2025 Paper Towns doesn't have anything to do with the direction or script, the only thing I didn't like was the way the story unfolded, which got quite tiring and lost. Rating 4.0 See more Faiz D @RT95588871 May 13, 2025 May not be great but it's "still pretty something". See more Read all reviews
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Jake Schreier

Director

Nat Wolff

Quentin Jacobsen

Cara Delevingne

Margo Roth Spiegelman

Halston Sage

Lacey Pemberton

Austin Abrams

Ben Starling

Justice Smith

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Synopsis Young and shy Quentin (Nat Wolff) is in for the night of his life when Margo (Cara Delevingne), the most popular student in high school, recruits him to help her play mischievous pranks on the friends who betrayed her. The next day, however, the mysterious Margo is nowhere to be found. With help from a few buddies and some cryptic clues that she left behind, Quentin embarks on an obsessive mission to find the girl who stole his heart and made him feel truly alive.
Director
Jake Schreier
Producer
Wyck Godfrey
Screenwriter
Scott Neustadter
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
Fox 2000 Pictures
Rating
PG-13 (Drinking|All Involving Teens|Sexuality and Partial Nudity|Some Language)
Genre
Comedy, Drama, Adventure, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 24, 2015, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 9, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$31.9M
Runtime
1h 49m
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