Touches You

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Now this movie truly touched my heart. Reminded me a bit of me when I was a freshman in college, and about the mistakes we all make. I only wished it kept going, great love story.

Litterally trash like idk what i was supposed to feel like happy sad idek wtf was this movie

The Spectacular Now is one of these modest, low budget independent films. It has a few star performers making small cameos. A film that has some intelligence but I felt it still pulls it punches. It does not want to go off base and head for a troubled ending.Sutter Keely (Miles Teller) is a cheerful soul, a party loving guy who maybe drinks too much and not exactly heading to graduate out of high school. When he is dumped by his girlfriend Cassidy (Brie Larson) Sutter gets drunk falls asleep on a garden lawn. He is found next morning by Aimee Finecky (Shailene Woodley) a fellow student. Aimee is nice, clever geeky, awkward, she never had a boyfriend. Sutter is hoping to get back with his ex but she has moved on. So Sutter starts a relationship with the virginal Aimee but Sutter's drinking is getting out of control. He develops further issues when he later meets his alcoholic father who walked out on Sutter when he was a child.A well acted film from its young cast but the ending was trite as it never tackles Sutter's alcoholism.

Many reviews describe it as a very realistic portrayal of the coming of age. But I didn't really see it to be that realistic. The dialogues and characters seem a bit too mature for the high school years. Most seem to be way more developed and know how to live their lives in a productive way. Yeah, this isn't high school. And the car accident was a tad of unrealistic. After I saw it I thought we see the funeral next. But no the girl seems to have a broken arm and fine afterwards.Still these things are easy to overlook. It is still a nice perspective on the teenage years. I always enjoy the silly teen comedies too, they remind me of the "good times", but an more serious movie on the actual pains and doubts we face back then is pretty good too.The thought that one should live in now is actually a very good one. One should. But at the same time one should still leave a bit of attention to the future. This is what our main character learns here. And seeing his struggle is pretty good. I like the scene when he asks his teacher what is so good about being an adult. I remember those thoughts as well. The movie portrays the relationships between charters very well. Aimee who helps Sutter to find himself while he introduces her to more confidence and fun. It is very well shown how their relationship starts to develop. I also like seeing how it is between him and his ex girlfriend Cassidy. She is a good girl too, not some nasty girl exes often are, especially in teen movies. So this was a good part of the movie. And his mother who takes care of him trying to protect him from finding out who his father is. I love the scene where she is convincing him that he is not like his dad. Very touching and believable.All in all a very good movie. Great acting, good story. It makes one reflect on their issues, let one connect to them and understand them.