Paper Towns

Name: Paper Towns
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Released: July 24, 2015
Duration: 109 min
Rating: 56
Cast: Austin Abrams, Cara Buono, Cara Delevingne, Halston Sage, Hannah Alligood

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Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: July 24, 2015 | PG-13

Starring: Austin Abrams, Cara Buono, Cara Delevingne, Halston Sage, Hannah Alligood, Jaz Sinclair, Josiah Cerio, Justice Smith, Nat Wolff

Summary: Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs back into his life—dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge—he follows. After their all-nighter ends and a new day breaks, Quentin arrives at school toQuentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs back into his life—dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge—he follows. After their all-nighter ends and a new day breaks, Quentin arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma, has now become a mystery. But Quentin soon learns that there are clues, and they're for him. Urged down a disconnected path, the closer he gets, the less Quentin sees of the girl he thought he knew.… Expand

Director: Jake Schreier

Genre(s): Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Romance

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 109 min

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Richard Roeper

Jul 23, 2015

The nice thing about Paper Towns is it’s as much about the friendship between Quentin, Radar and Ben as it is about Quentin’s love for Margo, and his quest to find her after she disappears yet again. Read full review

Brian Truitt

Jul 23, 2015

A satisfying look at young unrequited love, bromances, independence and letting go. Read full review

Rebecca Keegan

Jul 23, 2015

Like a good prom date, a good high school movie just needs to keep you entertained and out of trouble for a couple hours. A great high school movie — "The Breakfast Club," "Rebel Without a Cause," "Boyz n the Hood" — will linger in your mind well into adulthood. Paper Towns...is only a good high school movie. Read full review

Todd McCarthy

Jul 5, 2015

In its considered, neatly packaged way, the film occupies a safe and solid middle-class middle ground in teen storyland, between crass gross-out comedies and mawkish romance on one side and edgy, exploratory indie fare on the other. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Jul 28, 2015

A teen romance with most of the rough edges rubbed off, Paper Towns is as pleasantly bland as the city that is its setting — Orlando. Read full review

Lawrence Toppman

Jul 23, 2015

Once The Quest begins, the movie collapses. The ending turns coincidental, preachy and stupid. Read full review

The Playlist Kevin Jagernauth

Jul 23, 2015

Manufactured and manicured to appeal to the teenage fans of Green's book, Paper Towns is so polished and edgeless, that even Margo herself would look at the finished product, and question its authenticity. Read full review

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GentM2015

Aug 6, 2015

Paper Towns is a very good movie with a simple but interesting story line.
The acting is really good here.Nat Wolff does an incredible job as the lead and so does Cara Delevingne who I think gave a near perfect performance.They are supported by a very strong cast who include Justice SmithPaper Towns is a very good movie with a simple but interesting story line.
The acting is really good here.Nat Wolff does an incredible job as the lead and so does Cara Delevingne who I think gave a near perfect performance.They are supported by a very strong cast who include Justice Smith as Radar,Austin Abrams as Ben Starling,Halston Sage as Lacey Pemberton and Jaz Sinclair as Angela.They are all incredible to watch and hopefully very soon they will all be involved on many great things on the movie industry because they deserve to.
I was really interested on the story all the way through,with all the mysteries and some laugh out loud moments throughout mostly delivered by Ben.
I think John Green has a very bright future on the teen movie genre as he really understands the way that they think and what they go through.Though personally I still prefer The Fault In Our Stars more than this one,I believe that both of them are very well made and very interesting to watch.
The soundtrack is also very good and it keeps up the emotion,the feels and overall it truly fits with the movie itself.
I was laughing all the way through,I was emotional at some of the tones that the movie was going for,which really did work,like friendship and high school and just teenagers stuff overall.I was intrigued by the movie and the mystery in it.I loved the performances so much and the actors in it and honestly I can't think of any flaws or problems that I had with this movie.It is a fun,simple and interesting movie and I truly enjoyed it.… Expand

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jacob4

Mar 17, 2016

A wonderful teen drama, coming of age story. Paper towns is one of those typical high school movies and road trip movies combined together into a delightful treat. Filled with, funny humor, great acting and friendship, heart warming moments, and a little lesson or two to take away from. OnlyA wonderful teen drama, coming of age story. Paper towns is one of those typical high school movies and road trip movies combined together into a delightful treat. Filled with, funny humor, great acting and friendship, heart warming moments, and a little lesson or two to take away from. Only a little problem is that Cara Delevingne hardly has any screen time in this movie, but they were memorable. A great film to watch with friends and family!… Expand

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TEMP0

Jul 3, 2020

Majority of my Top 10 worst favorite movies are in the genre of relatable teen comedies that tries to tell a lesson. For this movie, it was unexpected and better than I thought it would be.

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luketeddy

Jul 29, 2015

Get lost to get found. Paper towns is ok the only really good scene is at the last 30 so minutes of the film I thought this would be like the fault in our stars but it's 100% different.

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car149tobase

Nov 4, 2015

Quite different from the book in a bad way. The characters seems like a lighter version of the original ones. The perfect soundtrack saves the movie a little

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

eagleeyeviking

Oct 5, 2017

Despite staying mostly true to its source material, director’s adaptation of John Green’s “Paper Towns” tears itself apart with a plodding pace and paper thin characters.

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yourmovieismid

Sep 5, 2022

The acting is as good as my **** after taco bell, completely awful. THE MAIN CHARACTER IS SO UNLIKEABLE IF YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE NEARLY ALL THE CHARACTERS UNLIKEABLE, THEN YOU DID A FANTASTIC JOB.

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