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  • 2010
  • Unrated
  • Breaking Glass Pictures
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2010
  • Unrated
  • Breaking Glass Pictures
  • 1 h 40 m

Summary In an effort to promote his unpublished novel, Davy Mitchell sets out on a road trip with his younger brother. However, the idealism of being on the road wears off and it quickly proves to be a lonely and unfulfilling experience for Davy. One night in a motel room he gets a random phone call from a mysterious woman named Nicole. They sta...

Directed By: Kyle Patrick Alvarez

Written By: Davy Rothbart, Kyle Patrick Alvarez

  • 2010
  • Unrated
  • Breaking Glass Pictures
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2010
  • Unrated
  • Breaking Glass Pictures
  • 1 h 40 m

Easier with Practice

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
72
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 9 User Ratings
6.3
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Summary In an effort to promote his unpublished novel, Davy Mitchell sets out on a road trip with his younger brother. However, the idealism of being on the road wears off and it quickly proves to be a lonely and unfulfilling experience for Davy. One night in a motel room he gets a random phone call from a mysterious woman named Nicole. They sta...

Directed By: Kyle Patrick Alvarez

Written By: Davy Rothbart, Kyle Patrick Alvarez

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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88% Positive
7 Reviews
13% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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88% Positive
7 Reviews
13% Mixed
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90
This fresh and flawless adaptation of an autobiographical story by Davy Rothbart is a joy to behold. Its people are in their 20s, but what they experience is ageless, timeless and universal.
By Kevin Thomas FULL REVIEW
90
Amusingly predicated on the romantic possibilities of phone sex, Easier With Practice pushes past its titillating premise to become a quietly provocative love story about emotionally stunted manhood and the risks some guys will take to connect.
By Justin Chang FULL REVIEW
80
From the virtuoso 10-minute single shot that encompasses the initial phone call, to a long, traveling shot of Davy all but running from a humiliating sexual encounter, Alvarez trusts Geraghty's fear-and-wonder-filled eyes to tell the tale. These two need to make more movies together.
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80
The beautifully acted serio-comedy takes a potentially smirky premise -- a chance dirty phone call between an introverted writer and a persuasive mystery woman becomes a meaningful long-distance relationship -- and turns it into something that really reaches out and touches you.
By Michael Rechtshaffen FULL REVIEW
75
Love stories don’t come much squirmier than this one, and Alvarez plays it with honesty, insight, and the awkwardness inherent in this blindest of blind dates.
By Scott Tobias FULL REVIEW
70
A tale about appearances in which not everything is as it seems, Easier With Practice tries to use phone sex as a way to explore contemporary alienation.
By Manohla Dargis FULL REVIEW
40
Geraghty relies too heavily on facial expressions and mannerisms, but those who appreciate visible effort may be seduced. There's no denying he works hard to keep us on the line.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 9 User Ratings
6.3
67% Positive
6 Ratings
22% Mixed
2 Ratings
11% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 9 User Ratings
6.3
67% Positive
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22% Mixed
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11% Negative
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Production Company BCD Travel, Forty Second Productions
Release Date Feb 26, 2010
Duration 1 h 40 m
Rating Unrated
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Website http://www.easierwithpractice.com/
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Awards

Film Independent Spirit Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
CineVegas International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Memphis Indie Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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