{"id":3553,"date":"2013-06-21T03:55:54","date_gmt":"2013-06-21T10:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviesharkdeblore.com\/site\/?p=3553"},"modified":"2014-10-17T04:57:58","modified_gmt":"2014-10-17T11:57:58","slug":"the-spectacular-now-laff-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/reviews\/the-spectacular-now-laff-review\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SPECTACULAR NOW (LAFF Review)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>By: debbie lynn elias<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3555\" src=\"http:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/spectacular-now-laff.jpg\" alt=\"spectacular now - laff\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/spectacular-now-laff.jpg 400w, https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/spectacular-now-laff-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Can\u2019t get enough of Brie Larson or Kaitlyn Dever at Los Angeles Film Festival 2013?\u00a0 Looking for more of rising star Miles Teller?\u00a0 See a completely different side of all three as they join Shailene Woodley in THE SPECTACULAR NOW, a wonderful coming of age story that deals with alcoholism, fractured families and friendship.<\/p>\n<p>Set during the final weeks of high school, Teller stars as the uber-popular Sutter.\u00a0 Caring deeply about his friends, but caring more about drinking 24\/7 than his grades and always living in the \u201cSpectacular Now\u201d, Sutter may be in a for a rude awakening come graduation day.\u00a0 Dumped by his girlfriend Cassidy played by Larson, the real story begins when Sutter is found by classmate Aimee Finicky,\u00a0 passed out drunk on someone\u2019s front lawn.\u00a0 Shy and a loner, Aimee has never circled in Sutter\u2019s orbit and is surprised that he knows who she is and that he wants to hang out with her.\u00a0 What starts out as a means for Sutter to try and make Cassidy jealous, develops into a deep, meaningful and insightful relationship with Aimee that really explores what lies beneath the skin.\u00a0 Of course, although Sutter develops real feelings for Aimee, he needs her to share in his \u201cSpectacular Now\u201d moments and soon has her following him down the alcoholic path of destruction.<\/p>\n<p>Supporting the main storyline is the subtext of single parenting and familial fracture with touching and effective performances by Jennifer Jason Leigh as Sutter\u2019s mother, Kyle Chandler as his absentee father who also lives in the \u201cSpectacular Now\u201d and Mary Elizabeth Winstead who reteams with her <em>Smashed<\/em> director Ponsoldt, now as Sutter\u2019s sister Holly.<\/p>\n<p>James Ponsoldt, who helmed the startlingly honest and meaningful<em> Smashed<\/em> last year which also addressed the issue of alcoholism, continues his ascent as a director with THE SPECTACULAR NOW.\u00a0 Never heavy-handed with his messaging, he has a light touch that allows the reality and honesty of a situation play out with all its complexities.\u00a0 Avoiding cliches, characters are similarly emotionally complex, propelling the film forward with resonating truth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A spectacular coming-of-age film that is thoughtful and moving filled with charm, sweetness, truth and honesty, THE SPECTACULAR NOW is a \u201cMust See\u201d. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Written and Directed by James Ponsoldt<\/p>\n<p>Cast:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Miles Teller, Shailene Woodley, Brie Larson, Kaitlyn Dever, Mary Elizabeth Winstead<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: debbie lynn elias Can\u2019t get enough of Brie Larson or Kaitlyn Dever at Los Angeles Film Festival 2013?\u00a0 Looking for more of rising star Miles Teller?\u00a0 See a completely different side of all three as they join Shailene Woodley in THE SPECTACULAR NOW, a wonderful coming of age story that deals with alcoholism, fractured [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3555,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,9],"tags":[176],"class_list":["post-3553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movies","category-reviews","tag-drama"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - 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