The Art of Getting By Reviews
We Got This Covered
Excellent performances by Freddie Highmore and Emma Roberts make this one an enjoyable watch.
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| Original Score: 7/10
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Gets by. Barely.
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| Original Score: 1.5/4
Movie Metropolis
An easygoing film that's not as quirky as it wants to be and does just enough to make you glad you watched.
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| Original Score: 6/10
7M Pictures
This film tries to be a rallying cry for the disenfranchised youth of today. Not being a disenfranchised youth of today, it was mostly lost on me.
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| Original Score: 1.5/5
Flick Filosopher
None of this first feature from writer-director Gavin Wiesen rings true, and most of it is preposterous and self-conscious.
Radio Times
It's a story that's been told numerous times and with more élan.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Observer [UK]
It's a glib, smug movie, its smart, upper-middle-class Manhattan attractively photographed, and George's problems are painlessly solved.
Movie Talk
How much you enjoy The Art of Getting By will probably rest on whether you'd like to give its loafer hero a hug or a slap.
Daily Telegraph
Even by the standards of mopey teen rebels, this one really is a dreadful little prat.
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| Original Score: 1/5
Fan The Fire
The Art Of Getting By is not the horror show some US critics might have you believe; there are a lot of problems, but it's more than possible to look beyond them and find the still plentiful moments of quality and endearment beneath.
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| Original Score: 3/5
This is London
A glossy fudge.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Daily Mirror [UK]
There may be worse films showing right now, but there sure isn't one quite this forgettable.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Daily Mail [UK]
Writer-director Gavin Wiesen piles on the coming-of-age clichés, and it doesn't help that his leading character has oddly middle-aged tastes.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Daily Express
A big yawn, bereft of drama, surprise or any discernible point.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Guardian [UK]
You'll feel like swatting Freddie Highmore with a rolled-up newspaper the size of a railway carriage while watching this supremely annoying film, a teen drama populated by vulnerable indie moppets.
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| Original Score: 1/5
Birmingham Post
Ultimately it's just hard to warm to George or care a jot about his teenage angst.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Shadows on the Wall
The bright cast holds our interest, but the corny, too-cute plot will only be of interest to pre-teen girls.
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| Original Score: 2.5/5
ViewLondon
Watchable indie-by-numbers, enlivened by likeable performances from Emma Roberts and Michael Angarano...
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| Original Score: 3/5
Little White Lies
Not funny, quirky, or particularly insightful.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Sky Movies
Wiesen's gossamer-thin tale asks a lot of Highmore, who could unkindly be referred to as the missing link between child stars Nicholas Boult and Haley Joel Osmont.
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| Original Score: 2/5
