The Art of Getting By

2011 "The toughest lesson is love."
6.5| 1h23m| PG-13| en
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George, a lonely and fatalistic teen who's made it all the way to his senior year without ever having done a real day of work, is befriended by Sally, a popular but complicated girl who recognizes in him a kindred spirit.

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ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.
Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good
Sameer Callahan It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.
Ella-May O'Brien Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.
studioAT I had low expectations going into this film, perhaps expecting another '500 Days of Summer' rip off, but no, this is a good film that more than deserves the praise it receives.The two leads are very good in their roles, and the script allows them both to have moments that mean we root for them as people.It's honest about teenage life, and doesn't sugar coat moments just to make this a good popcorn movie.It's rare that I watch a film that I engage with so much, and one I can see myself going back and watching again and again.The Art of Getting By is one of these films.
JÄnis Locis A very simple movie about a teenage boy, who doesn't really know what he wants to do in life, he is rebellious against the school system and completely ignores all the assignments.This movie doesn't really cause any emotions or anything, because of its simplicity and George being a very casual character, he is literally just a random boy, who has no interests. The movie doesn't have any memorable scenes, that's why it is not really popular amongst teenagers.Just a casual love story, where everything turns out to be wonderful for the main characters, very blatant, don't watch it if you have just watched a very complex movie. Good to watch after a hard day of work just to chill out and eat some snacks, nothing too special.
hungriggnu Oh you are actually trying to be something you're not.Don't see this.Seriously, throughout the whole film there was a "#deep" feeling, which *could* have been good if it was properly devised. Which it clearly wasn't. The pointlessness aspect of the movie lasted for the first 5 minutes and the main character's (and the movie's) ideals kind of shift here and there, without any depth at all. The music was just terrible and felt anticlimactic most of the time. Oh and the basis of the whole story - you know, the way the main character met this girl (whose name I can't remember) was very unlikely, who actually notices if someone's smoking on the roof? Her interest in him doesn't really make any sense either, (of course, love or interest doesn't always make sense, but I had a hard time sympathizing with both of them) he's completely unsociable and responds with a single damn word all the time. Never cracks a good joke or anything. Just an extraordinarily awkward teenager teenager. The script was awful too. /rant over.
mustafaakajgani Alright, i just registered because of this movie, it is so full of BS, its type of movie which makes people really angry after watching it, but if someone likes that than OK... and who the f gave it rating of 6.4.. more like 0.4. Hm now what to write for another five lines.. in movie that girl Sally is shown like a little slut, but no sex scenes anywhere, another minus to the movie when they are already showing her as a slut, to add that when i am on the subject... if anyone decides to watch movie anyway, watch it like 50 minutes and shut it down there, until there main char is kinda cool, consider that an end of it or you'll be sorry for not listening to me..