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  • 2011
  • Unrated
  • New Video Group
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2011
  • Unrated
  • New Video Group
  • 1 h 28 m

Summary Sam Bryant is an aging Seattle rocker whose life has fallen apart. Forced to move in with his suburban aunt, he agrees to take her troubled teenage son and the boy's best friend on a hiking trip to the ocean. When the boys become desperately lost in the woods, Sam must take every possible measure to ensure the trio arrives home in one p...

Directed By: Craig Johnson

Written By: Craig Johnson

  • 2011
  • Unrated
  • New Video Group
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2011
  • Unrated
  • New Video Group
  • 1 h 28 m

True Adolescents

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 4 Critic Reviews
57
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 4 User Ratings
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Summary Sam Bryant is an aging Seattle rocker whose life has fallen apart. Forced to move in with his suburban aunt, he agrees to take her troubled teenage son and the boy's best friend on a hiking trip to the ocean. When the boys become desperately lost in the woods, Sam must take every possible measure to ensure the trio arrives home in one p...

Directed By: Craig Johnson

Written By: Craig Johnson

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80
Jul 28, 2011
True Adolescents, like most indie movies related to the mumblecore school, is a delicate piece of machinery. Its truth lies in the tiniest details: the pauses, the stricken looks, the false bravado, the pathetically redundant slang (so many "dudes").
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
60
Jul 26, 2011
Johnson establishes an understated, agreeable tone throughout that makes up for the movie's notable lack of hilarity, and in the outdoors sequences nicely captures how seemingly benign nature can turn nasty in an instant.
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Jul 26, 2011
The result is Sam (Mark Duplass, "The Puffy Chair" and "Humpday"), a 34-year-old unemployed rocker whose mediocre musicianship is matched only by his abysmal people skills; he's like Jack Black without any energy or confidence.
By Ronnie Scheib FULL REVIEW
38
Jul 26, 2011
Glomming conceits and situations from a vast range of similarly themed films, it ambles along in a lethargic, good-natured manner, fitfully amusing but never approaching substantial.
By Jesse Cataldo FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Furnace Films, Lunacy, The Group Entertainment, Unison Films
Release Date Jul 29, 2011
Duration 1 h 28 m
Rating Unrated
Genres
Tagline Get lost.
Website http://www.myspace.com/trueadolescents
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Awards

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• 1 Nomination

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