Synopsis
At 34, struggling Seattle musician Sam finds himself broke, jobless and losing touch with the person he wants to become. When his girlfriend kicks him out, he's forced to crash with his aunt Sharon and is reluctantly enlisted to take her teenage son and his friend camping.
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Cast
- Mark DuplassSam Bryant
- Bret LoehrOliver Mitchell
- Carr ThompsonJake
- Melissa LeoSharon Mitchell
- Emma DumontCara
- Lilly PerreaultAshley
- Linas PhillipsSlater
- Davie-BlueJericha
- Snow KeimJR
- Laura Kai ChenAmy
Recommendations
- 80
The New York Times
True Adolescents, like most indie movies related to the mumblecore school, is a delicate piece of machinery. Its truth lies in the tiniest details: the pauses, the stricken looks, the false bravado, the pathetically redundant slang (so many "dudes"). - 60
Village Voice
Johnson establishes an understated, agreeable tone throughout that makes up for the movie's notable lack of hilarity, and in the outdoors sequences nicely captures how seemingly benign nature can turn nasty in an instant. - 40
Variety
The result is Sam (Mark Duplass, "The Puffy Chair" and "Humpday"), a 34-year-old unemployed rocker whose mediocre musicianship is matched only by his abysmal people skills; he's like Jack Black without any energy or confidence. - 38
Slant Magazine
Glomming conceits and situations from a vast range of similarly themed films, it ambles along in a lethargic, good-natured manner, fitfully amusing but never approaching substantial.