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Sohyun K 11/26/2024 I can’t call this a movie. See more 07/08/2018 The plot of this movie is mostly about teenagers going for holiday's... That's it. The identities of the youth and adult's does not matter here (we don't know the names of them, there they came from... nothing really). The only thing we know is they are shown as pretentious yet always looking for their primitive desire's and escapism from adulthood.     Film start's with rather prolonged opening shot's of random (some say pretty) location's in Los Angeles. It feels like these shots might have been in the movie later or at least somewhere close (I said it's in LA) and it does not make you feel in any way. The purpose of these shot's might have been like a notification what you will have later: random pretentious teen's seeking leisure in boredom like you watching this. But it felt somewhat weak opening which does not really make you want to watch further of this movie. It might have been an attempt to describe a movie's emptiness and intellectualism and compare it to the character's in the movie, which certainly was not a focus point.     The actor's felt like sometimes unprofessional and sometimes purposely unprofessional friends who tried to hang around with nothing else to do. All the movie feel's like that and the plot just desire's not to be explained.     The strong aspect of this movie is the camera work and the atmosphere it makes. Sometimes I thought it was really set in the 90's and I forget about the actual fact that it was written "2014" near the name. And it would be really great because even the most professional modern-nostalgia movie's never actually feel that way as this movie would feel if, again, actor's. Actually director might be more guilty for not telling the actor's what to do. Because the manner's obviously changed in the decade's (at least this movie show's that).     Definitely one of the best scene's in the movie was the teacher wandering in the beach and trying to explain why everybody actually need's holiday. It will probably grab the most of the attention and somebody could really tell it steal's the movie. It make's the movie rather purposeful because it defines the idea of escaping job and what we actually think about it. It can be interpreted in a lot of way's but mostly agreeable.      Overall, most of the aspect's (including music) feels mediocre, yet fun and fresh, and confusing. It feel's like an original comedy and attempt to be something meaningful what's not fully explained (at least for me). I don't think it desires to know what it is and yet fully achieves what it want's to be... Still comedy and overall style make's it a pleasant watch. See more Read all reviews

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