Synopsis
Precocious yet sensitive teenager James has a deep perception of the world but no idea how to live in it. Finding no help from his divorced parents nor his older memoir-writing sister, he decides to reject the beliefs adults try to push on him, starting with the college career that is looming over his last summer in New York, and embarks instead on a search for wisdom through nontraditional means...
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Cast
- Toby RegboJames Sveck
- Marcia Gay HardenMarjorie Dunfour
- Peter GallagherPaul Sveck
- Lucy LiuRowena Adler
- Stephen LangBarry Rogers
- Deborah Ann WollGillian Sveck
- Ellen BurstynNanette
- Aubrey PlazaJeanine Breemer
- Gilbert OwuorJohn Webster
- Dree HemingwayRhonda
Recommendations
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The A.V. Club
Not only doesn't achieve empathy for the minor plights of its human noodle of a hero Toby Regbo, it might actually make audiences understand the urge to bully. - 30
Village Voice
These 2-D characters might as well be wearing T-shirts that say things like "Predatory College Professor" and "Self-Obsessed Father" on them. - 30
The New York Times
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You, a film based on Peter Cameron's novel, is several kinds of excruciating. - 20
New York Daily News
Irritating and clichéd. - 16
The Playlist
We strongly insist that any pain you experience while watching this movie will never be useful, anytime or anyplace. - 12
Slant Magazine
Roberto Faenza shoots his Manhattan-set action with a glossiness that's as bland as the soundtrack ballads.
