
Try Harder!
2021, Documentary, 1h 24m
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Straightforward and disarmingly, charmingly sincere, Try Harder! follows college-bound students through their final year of high school. Read critic reviews
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All Critics (24) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (24)
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An interesting film about how kids pursue things without knowing why, at its best when occasionally digging deeper into issues of race, stereotypes, and privilege.
February 20, 2021 | Full Review… -
It's a very funny movie about a bunch of students trying to find their way through a system that is designed to keep them out rather than let them in.
February 10, 2021 | Full Review… -
Director Debbie Lum carefully deconstructs the life of over-achievers going through the brutal and rigorous process of college applications, one that can often seem random and unfair.
February 8, 2021 | Full Review… -
The agonizing process trying to get into the best college imaginable is depicted vividly in Bay Area filmmaker Debbie Lim's irresistible documentary...
February 2, 2021 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review… -
[A] simultaneously charming and chastening documentary...
January 30, 2021 | Full Review… -
Cinematically, "Try Harder!" is as unfussy as any doc, but it's also impossible to resist.
January 30, 2021 | Rating: B | Full Review…
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