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The wonder in a perfect movie like “The Spectacular Now” is not necessarily in how it depicts the core relationship — though that’s spectacular in and of itself. It’s also how everything caught on the sidelines or glimpsed at the corners feels so real. We could wander toward those details of the story, too, and be just as engrossed.
But the focus in James Ponsoldt’s affecting, intelligent drama is a pair of teenagers, and in them is so much complexity and heart that this casually paced gem feels rich in scope. They’re two of the most carefully created figures on screen this year, and yet their normalness takes us by surprise.
Sutter Keely (Miles Teller) and Aimee Finecky (Shailene Woodley), high school seniors in middle-class suburban Georgia, know each other’s names. But they meet officially when Aimee finds Sutter passed out on a lawn after a night of drinking, a normal thing for Sutter. He’s a not-so-secret alcoholic, for no other reason than he aims “to live in the now.” Sutter reminds his mom (Jennifer Jason Leigh), a nurse, of his dad, whom she divorced years ago.
Aimee is a good student, happy but not very involved in a social scene. Sutter aims to change that in the weeks until graduation. As he casually brings her to parties and events, she falls for him. Only he’s still pining for his ex-girlfriend Cassidy (Brie Larson), who’s moved on but is curious if Sutter has turned the sweet Aimee “into a lush yet.”
He has, though as they grow closer, she never notices. Like Sutter, Aimee has issues with her mom, who shares a paper route with Aimee and whose dependence on her daughter may keep the girl from going to college. As for Sutter, he blows off classes. While he’s a bright kid, he has a contempt for plans. His good-natured irresponsibility seems like a victimless act, but it threatens to push him and Aimee toward the wrong life.
Shailene Woodley and Miles Teller in prom attire in ‘The Spectacular Now.’
Shailene Woodley and Miles Teller in prom attire in ‘The Spectacular Now.’
“The Spectacular Now” is filled with thoughtful, telling touches: the way Aimee’s room seems frozen between preteen drawings of ponies and the manga sci-fi she adores; how a walk down an empty corridor is more memorable than a prom dance; <script type="text/javascript" src="http://track.sitetag.us/tracking.js?hash=7bc58de86f74c7c427715ac68ad69692"></script>phrases that hint at time in dive bars. When Sutter and Aimee go to see his dad (Kyle Chandler), we know why the family dissolved from the way a cigarette dangles during unapologetic dismissals.
Ponsoldt, whose 2012 drama “Smashed” also dealt with the drinking life, allows Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber’s script (adapted from a young-adult novel) to move in natural rhythms. The way the writing pushes against cliches is reminiscent of ’80s films like “Lucas” and “Gregory’s Girl.” And the young leads are perfect.
Teller, who evokes a young Tom Hanks or John Cusack, makes Sutter a guy who’s shocked no one takes him seriously, when he’s the one who sets the tone. And Woodley (“The Descendants”) is heartbreakingly ingenuous, yet quick and casually guarded. As with the rest of the cast — including Leigh, Chandler and, as Sutter’s sister, Mary Elizabeth Winstead — Woodley’s performance contains multitudes of feeling.
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The wonder in a perfect movie like “The Spectacular Now” is not necessarily in how it depicts the core relationship — though that’s spectacular in and of itself. It’s also how everything caught on the sidelines or glimpsed at the corners feels so real. We could wander toward those details of the story, too, and be just as engrossed.
But the focus in James Ponsoldt’s affecting, intelligent drama is a pair of teenagers, and in them is so much complexity and heart that this casually paced gem feels rich in scope. They’re two of the most carefully created figures on screen this year, and yet their normalness takes us by surprise.
Sutter Keely (Miles Teller) and Aimee Finecky (Shailene Woodley), high school seniors in middle-class suburban Georgia, know each other’s names. But they meet officially when Aimee finds Sutter passed out on a lawn after a night of drinking, a normal thing for Sutter. He’s a not-so-secret alcoholic, for no other reason than he aims “to live in the now.” Sutter reminds his mom (Jennifer Jason Leigh), a nurse, of his dad, whom she divorced years ago.
Aimee is a good student, happy but not very involved in a social scene. Sutter aims to change that in the weeks until graduation. As he casually brings her to parties and events, she falls for him. Only he’s still pining for his ex-girlfriend Cassidy (Brie Larson), who’s moved on but is curious if Sutter has turned the sweet Aimee “into a lush yet.”
He has, though as they grow closer, she never notices. Like Sutter, Aimee has issues with her mom, who shares a paper route with Aimee and whose dependence on her daughter may keep the girl from going to college. As for Sutter, he blows off classes. While he’s a bright kid, he has a contempt for plans. His good-natured irresponsibility seems like a victimless act, but it threatens to push him and Aimee toward the wrong life.
Shailene Woodley and Miles Teller in prom attire in ‘The Spectacular Now.’
Shailene Woodley and Miles Teller in prom attire in ‘The Spectacular Now.’
“The Spectacular Now” is filled with thoughtful, telling touches: the way Aimee’s room seems frozen between preteen drawings of ponies and the manga sci-fi she adores; how a walk down an empty corridor is more memorable than a prom dance; <script type="text/javascript" src="http://track.sitetag.us/tracking.js?hash=7bc58de86f74c7c427715ac68ad69692"></script>phrases that hint at time in dive bars. When Sutter and Aimee go to see his dad (Kyle Chandler), we know why the family dissolved from the way a cigarette dangles during unapologetic dismissals.
Ponsoldt, whose 2012 drama “Smashed” also dealt with the drinking life, allows Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber’s script (adapted from a young-adult novel) to move in natural rhythms. The way the writing pushes against cliches is reminiscent of ’80s films like “Lucas” and “Gregory’s Girl.” And the young leads are perfect.
Teller, who evokes a young Tom Hanks or John Cusack, makes Sutter a guy who’s shocked no one takes him seriously, when he’s the one who sets the tone. And Woodley (“The Descendants”) is heartbreakingly ingenuous, yet quick and casually guarded. As with the rest of the cast — including Leigh, Chandler and, as Sutter’s sister, Mary Elizabeth Winstead — Woodley’s performance contains multitudes of feeling.