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Movie Info

An aging rocker (Mark Duplass) with no real life aspirations reluctantly takes two teens on a camping trip.

Genre:

comedy
Original Language:

English
Director:

Craig Johnson
Producer:

Thomas Woodrow
Writer:

Craig Johnson
Release Date (Streaming):

Mar 8, 2017
Runtime:

1h 28m
Production Co:

Furnace Films, Unison Films, The Group Entertainment

Cast & Crew

Mark Duplass
Sam

Bret Loehr
Oliver

Carr Thompson
Jake

Melissa Leo
Sharon

Laura Kai Chen
Amy

Davie-Blue
Jericha

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Critic Reviews for True Adolescents

All Critics (8) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (2)

There's something refreshing about True Adolescents. It feels like mumblecore's inherent immaturity finally coming of age.

September 5, 2011 | Rating: B | Full Review…

Matt Singer
IFC.com
Time and again, "True Adolescents" resists the temptation to succumb to easy melodrama.

July 28, 2011 | Rating: 3.5/5

Stephen Holden
New York Times
True Adolescents bears the dubious distinction of combining mumblecore's penchant for artistic slackers with Hollywood's celebration of immature slobs.

July 26, 2011 | Full Review…

Ronnie Scheib
Variety
A not-coming-of-age tale nestled in sardonic slacker humor, first-time writer-director Craig Johnson's True Adolescents effectively essays the costs of postponed adulthood.

July 26, 2011 | Full Review…

Mark Holcomb
Village Voice
Yet another movie about a blinkered man-child reaching the limits of his extended childhood, True Adolescents seems as lazy and mush-brained as its central character.

July 25, 2011 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…

Jesse Cataldo
Slant Magazine
First-time director Craig Johnson hits the ball out of the park in this perceptive slacker-humored but bleak coming-of-age story.

November 2, 2011 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…

Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Once it hits its stride, it's oddly compelling stuff.

September 23, 2011 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…

Mike Scott
Times-Picayune
While True Adolescents may be typical of its genre, it's a solid, well-made entry, with a few details (like its treatment of sexual identity) that help it stand apart from the pack.

April 4, 2011 | Rating: B | Full Review…

Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

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Audience Reviews for True Adolescents

Mar 20, 2012

Cast: Mark Duplass, Bret Loehr, Carr Thompson, Melissa Leo Director: Craig Johnson Summary: Bowing to pressure from his aunt, juvenile-minded, thirty-something, wanna-be rocker Sam agrees to take two teenagers camping. But when the trip goes awry, Sam must break out of his arrested development and find a way to get them all back to safety. My Thoughts: "I thought the movie was funny and realistic. The main character, Sam, reminds me of my older brother. He lives wherever and is still very much stuck in his teen era, even though he's in his early forties. The movie doesn't have many players in it, but the actor's are great in this and the film is actually quite funny. Sam is a bit of a smartass who is stuck in his hipster ways all the way down to his skinny jeans. I am a true believer that men shouldn't wear those if they are past their twenties. Then you have Oliver, who is a bit of a jerk as well as his friend Jake, who seems to take a backseat to Oliver. They are both going through regular teenage stuff, dealing with mixed emotions and sexuallity. But on the camping trip these three embark on, Sam grows up and becomes an adult and the two jerky teenagers learn to accept themselves and not be so passive agressive. Not a bad movie and I loved how simple it was. Just seemed honest. I like simple honest films. Makes them human and relateable."

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