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72 out of 100

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6.8 out of 10

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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 surprised 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

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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. indieWIRE
    Reviewed by: Eric Kohn
    Jun 28, 2011
    91
    Jacobs, working from a script by Patrick de Witt, takes a conventional coming-of-age story and does it proud, enlivening the plot with an almost experimental portrait of alienation and despair.
  3. 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: 4 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 2 out of 6
  1. RichieBoy
    10
    If you are seeking a movie whose intent is to touch, incite laughter and offer humane treasures, this is an articulate one hour and forty minutes for you. 'Terri' breaks barriers that are stunning in scope for lower budget motion pictures. This film delivers a surprise package of characters who are identifiable to anyone who has tasted or witnessed the troubled path of growing upwards. Jacob Wysoki is perfect as Terri, a conflicted, overweight teen who is trapped in a world that he finds difficult to comprehend. The always brilliant John C. Reilly portrays his adult navigator. The pair offer an interaction which is low key, yet contains a dynamic that screams for understanding on both sides. It is this uncommon bond, as well as the younger freindships that Terri strives to inhabit, that creates the mural of a cry for mercy that is this film. Creed Bratton (The Office and original member of The Grassroots) plays Terri's Uncle James and delivers another potent ingredient within this coming of rage slice of hauntingly intelligent cinema. "Terri' is not an effort designed to feed on the teen town, growing up tough market place. It is about something that we can only capture when paying attention to the smaller details of living. These elusive puzzle pieces, put on display without shame, are the elements that make 'Terri' an important motion picture.… Expand
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  2. 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
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  3. 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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