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  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Sundance Selects
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Sundance Selects
  • 1 h 36 m

Summary High school guidance counselor Jeff (Adam Pally) and his co-worker and best friend Anne (Sarah Burns) are anything but cool. Their terminally unhip ways (he’s in an all-male book club, she’s diagnosed by her doctor as “clinically abstinent”) have left them perpetually single. Tired of being alone, they vow to shed their nerdy ways and fi...

Directed By: Don Argott, Sheena M. Joyce

Written By: Heather Maidat, Peter C. Swords

  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Sundance Selects
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Sundance Selects
  • 1 h 36 m

Slow Learners

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Summary High school guidance counselor Jeff (Adam Pally) and his co-worker and best friend Anne (Sarah Burns) are anything but cool. Their terminally unhip ways (he’s in an all-male book club, she’s diagnosed by her doctor as “clinically abstinent”) have left them perpetually single. Tired of being alone, they vow to shed their nerdy ways and fi...

Directed By: Don Argott, Sheena M. Joyce

Written By: Heather Maidat, Peter C. Swords

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
52
40% Positive
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60% Mixed
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
52
40% Positive
2 Reviews
60% Mixed
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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80
Aug 19, 2015
Only a few scenes fail to draw laughs in a movie that’s unexpectedly smart and consistently amusing.
By Daniel M. Gold FULL REVIEW
63
Feb 16, 2016
Nobody saw it last summer. And Hollywood isn’t beating down the cast’s collectives doors. Yet. But these Slow Learners catch on just in time to be the best cheap date movie for Valentine’s Day.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
60
Aug 19, 2015
Even if this movie isn’t fresh, it’s often amusing.
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40
Sep 3, 2015
Being big on improvisation doesn't necessarily mine nuggets of comic brilliance, and there are times you wish Argott and Joyce would have adhered more closely to the Matt Serword-penned script.
By Michael Rechtshaffen FULL REVIEW
40
Aug 18, 2015
While it has a few funny moments (including the uncomfortable date that begins the film), Slow Learners mostly feels like a collection of exaggerated performances of drunkenness and mean-spiritedness that leads to a very predictable end.
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Production Company BBCG Films, 9.14 Pictures, Milkboy Entertainment
Release Date Aug 19, 2015
Duration 1 h 36 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline Their party is just getting started
Website http://www.slowlearnersthemovie.com/
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