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Paper Towns

Play trailer 1:44 Poster for Paper Towns PG-13 Released Jul 24, 2015 1h 49m Comedy Drama Adventure Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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Young and shy Quentin (Nat Wolff) is in for the night of his life when Margo (Cara Delevingne), the most popular student in high school, recruits him to help her play mischievous pranks on the friends who betrayed her. The next day, however, the mysterious Margo is nowhere to be found. With help from a few buddies and some cryptic clues that she left behind, Quentin embarks on an obsessive mission to find the girl who stole his heart and made him feel truly alive.
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Paper Towns isn't as deep or moving as it wants to be, yet it's still earnest, well-acted, and thoughtful enough to earn a place in the hearts of teen filmgoers of all ages.

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Max Weiss Baltimore Magazine I like everything about Paper Towns except for its premise and central romance. Yes, I know those sort of seem like dealbreakers, but the things I liked about Paper Towns marginally outweighed the things I didn't like. Marginally. Rated: 2.5/4 Jun 12, 2016 Full Review Jason Bailey Flavorwire 'Paper Towns' may well be the Manic Pixie Dream Girl's nadir. May 27, 2016 Full Review Geoffrey Macnab Independent (UK) The film is thankfully shorn of the sentimentality which weighed down The Fault in Our Stars. Rated: 3/5 Aug 20, 2015 Full Review Richard Crouse Richard Crouse The cast brings the material to life, breathing life into a story that is simultaneously overwritten and under realised. Rated: 3/5 Feb 3, 2021 Full Review Shikhar Verma High on Films Paper Towns is a coming-of-age film that doesn't always get it right. But, when it does, it transcends the message across quite evidently. Rated: 3/5 Jan 24, 2021 Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Hollywood can surprise us and serve up an honest, funny, entertaining, and endearing film. Rated: 3.5/4.0 Sep 19, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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thiago s Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 07/10/25 Full Review Julian Rex M Paper Towns lacks the emotional cohesion and compelling pacing of other John Green adaptations, but its admirable and often even profound social commentary, braced by a humor that flits evenly between edgy and warm, allows it to stand as a fulfilling--if not powerful--teen summer movie. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 06/26/25 Full Review Pedro Henrique C Paper Towns doesn't have anything to do with the direction or script, the only thing I didn't like was the way the story unfolded, which got quite tiring and lost. Rating 4.0 Rated 2 out of 5 stars 06/19/25 Full Review Faiz D May not be great but it's "still pretty something". Rated 3 out of 5 stars 05/13/25 Full Review Alexandre A The first movie that made me feel like a teenager, the story isn't the best nor the characters but it's the adventure, the mystery of the unknown, and the bittersweet finale. It's what young love is all about. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/06/25 Full Review Rosana B Um filme de comédia romântica-drama adolescente delicioso, que nos remete a adolescência, com nossos questionamentos, dúvidas e temores, a química dos personagens nos leva a imersão, no clima que vislumbra o mistério, comédia salpicada, flerta com o romance. Trilha sonora deliciosa, melancólico e quase sombria. "Talvez nem todos ganhem loteira, mas isso não significa que não pode ter aventuras incríveis e conhecer pessoas extraordinárias, e criar memorias indeléveis, o segredo é perceber isso" Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/18/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Young and shy Quentin (Nat Wolff) is in for the night of his life when Margo (Cara Delevingne), the most popular student in high school, recruits him to help her play mischievous pranks on the friends who betrayed her. The next day, however, the mysterious Margo is nowhere to be found. With help from a few buddies and some cryptic clues that she left behind, Quentin embarks on an obsessive mission to find the girl who stole his heart and made him feel truly alive.
Director
Jake Schreier
Producer
Wyck Godfrey
Screenwriter
Scott Neustadter
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
Fox 2000 Pictures
Rating
PG-13 (Drinking|All Involving Teens|Sexuality and Partial Nudity|Some Language)
Genre
Comedy, Drama, Adventure, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 24, 2015, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 9, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$31.9M
Runtime
1h 49m
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