Growing Up and Other Lies

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Growing Up and Other Lies

2014

1h 30m

Comedy

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On his last day in New York City, Jake convinces his three friends to walk the length of Manhattan.

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Stephen Holden

New York Times

Mr. Jacobs and Mr. Grodsky have an extraordinary ear for the rhythms and nuances of everyday speech, as voices overlap, conversations take random directions, and casual remarks carry loaded subtexts.

Mar 19, 2015

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Eddie Goldberger

New York Daily News

"Growing Up and Other Lies" tells you right in the title it's not going to take maturing seriously, so it's not a surprise that the movie is unfocused and ineffective.

Rated: 2/5

Mar 19, 2015

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Mike D'Angelo

AV Club

Cenac gives the most entertaining performance, but at the expense of making Gunderson so irredeemably obnoxious that it's impossible to believe he'd have any friends.

Rated: C

Mar 19, 2015

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John Noonan

FILMINK (Australia)

This is a very by the numbers film that, like its leads, seems to wander aimlessly under the pretence of getting somewhere.

Sep 16, 2015

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S. Jhoanna Robledo

Common Sense Media

Clever set up, but mature friendship comedy is formulaic.

Rated: 2/5

Mar 27, 2015

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Kam Williams

Baret News

Who wants to watch four, obnoxious, testosterone-fueled slackers vent their vile along a gauntlet of unsuspecting victims?

Rated: .5/4

Mar 23, 2015

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Daniel H

OMG. The morons involved with this should be collected up and put in a concentration camp where they learn fundamentally why people want to watch a movie. The first being we want to watch some fun characters; and not hate absolutely everyone on screen and absolutely everything they say. (based on 10 minutes viewing time). Avoid at all cost.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/03/24

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bruno b

Reviews are tearing it apart, but I liked it man. It is an intelligent comedy with good insights. Not brilliant, but good to watch in a rainnig afternoon

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

i just wasted an hour half watching adam brody hang out with a bunch of dicks.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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Audience Member

good little indy I liked the story here

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Audience Member

Not even half way through this unpolished turd of a movie and I should have given up on it a long time ago, now I'm just sticking it out as an exercise in withstanding terribleness. This movie is a big LED billboard of everything is terrible about the generation of participation trophy winners - terrible dialog meets terrible acting meets unoriginal script. It wants to be Clerks but it's nothing, it makes me pray that I will never have to see this cast again.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Audience Member

Loose & disjointed between scenes, looks like a sit-com instead.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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Synopsis

On his last day in New York City, Jake convinces his three friends to walk the length of Manhattan.

Director: Darren Grodsky, Danny Jacobs
Producer: Sirad Balducci, Katie Mustard, Nicole Lederman, Jason Weiss
Screenwriter: Darren Grodsky, Danny Jacobs
Production Co: Embark Productions, GoldApple Entertainment
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 23, 2015
Runtime: 1h 30m

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