Terri
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72 out of 100

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6.6 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 23 Ratings

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  • Starring: Jacob Wysocki, John C. Reilly
  • Summary: Having been abandoned by his parents to an ailing uncle, Terri, is mercilessly teased by his peers and garners even more unwanted attention from school authorities by coming to school still wearing pajamas – when he decides to show up at all. Resigned to his outsider status, Terri is surprisised when his tough-talking vice principal, Mr. Fitzgerald, takes an interest in him. Although his efforts are sometimes clumsy and occasionally dubiously professional, he genuinely wants to help him through this tough time. Under Fitzgerald's tutelage, Terri befriends a pair of fellow misfits, Chad, an edgy loner whose rebellion masks his own insecurities, and Heather, a sexually precocious girl whose beauty proves to be a trap of its own. The three teenagers, so different on the surface, but all outcasts in the unforgiving high school hierarchy, find an unexpected, imperfect bond that reflects the tenuousness, poignance and pathos of the adolescent experience. (ATO Pictures)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 26
  3. Negative: 0 out of 26
  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    Jul 20, 2011
    100
    Movies about high school misfits are common; this is an uncommon one. Terri, so convincingly played by Jacob Wysocki, is smart, gentle and instinctively wise.
  2. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: J.R. Jones
    Jul 20, 2011
    80
    Reilly's performance here is hilarious: he's located the character in the bursts of shouting he uses to do his job and the warped sense of humor he needs to deal with the weird kids sent his way.
  3. Arizona Republic
    Reviewed by: Bill Goodykoontz
    Aug 6, 2011
    80
    Terri is almost an anti-teen-coming-of-age teen-coming-of-age movie. And it's terrific.
  4. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Joe Neumaier
    Jul 1, 2011
    60
    If one performance could tilt a movie the direction it needs to go, John C. Reilly's expertly left-of-center turn in Terri is it.

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  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 2 out of 7
  1. jha345
    10
    I loved this film. It's sweet and real, not over the top like many 'coming of age' films tend to be. All the actors do a wonderful job, especially John C. Reilly. I think Terri is his best work to date.… Expand
  2. TheMovieCritic
    9
    Terri is a very good movie that is seen through the eyes of an obese kid in high school, and shows all of his struggles. The movie shows that there are good hearted and bad hearted people on this planet, and a lot of the times the good hearted people are just repulsive on the outside. But fortunately for Terri, he is a good hearted kid, and that is how things eventually begin to go his way.… Expand
  3. MarcDoyle
    8
    An excellent little film - John C. Reilly is terrific as the principal who really cares about his misfit students with (mostly) good hearts. Jacob Wysocki as Terri is a real find as. I know they tried a bunch of different people in the role, but it seems made for him. So much intelligence and emotional depth behind the teen angst, yet he has the confidence to wear pajamas to school because "they're comfortable." The infamous "shack" scene is truly harrowing, but director Aza Jacobs (who is spot on for this movie- I have to see his earlier films) handles it beautifully with his young actors.… Expand
  4. dinobambino28
    3
    Overall, a pretty dull film. Reilly is fairly entertaining - as usual. I don't know how this can rate at an 8 or 10. I feel sort of unfulfilled - maybe I'll watch something else, or go to bed.… Expand

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