Turtles All the Way Down

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Turtles All the Way Down

PG-13

2024

1h 51m

Drama

Romance

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Turtles All the Way Down tackles anxiety through its 17-year-old protagonist, Aza Holmes. It's not easy being Aza, but she's trying... trying to be a good daughter, a good friend, and a good student, all while navigating an endless barrage of invasive, obsessive thoughts that she cannot control. When she reconnects with Davis, her childhood crush, Aza is confronted with fundamental questions about her potential for love, happiness, friendship, and hope.

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Owen Gleiberman

Variety

“Turtles All the Way Down” makes Aza’s OCD just specific enough to draw us in, then deals with it in a way that’s just manipulative and sugar-coated enough to leave us thinking, “Yep, it’s another YA movie.”

May 6, 2024

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Peyton Robinson

RogerEbert.com

It’s a charming, delightful YA romance that doesn’t bind itself to the sole enjoyment of its target market.

Rated: 3/4

May 5, 2024

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Natalia Winkelman

New York Times

“Turtles,” to its credit, never locates a specious source of Aza’s troubles, nor does it try to unveil a solution to her suffering.

May 2, 2024

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Branyan Towe

Loud and Clear Reviews

Turtles All the Way Down is not the best John Green novel adaptation, but it is not the worst either. A lot of care seems to have been put into it by the director, writers, and cast even if the narrative has issues here and there.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jul 29, 2024

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Lee Zumpe

Tampa Bay Newspapers

The film is an erratic hodgepodge that manages to incorporate a budding romance, drama with friends and family, and a missing-person mystery.

Jun 15, 2024

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Lissete Lanuza Sáenz

Remezcla

Turtles All the Way Down, the new movie based on John Green’s best-selling book by the same name, is a raw and honest look at how hard being a teenager while trying to deal with mental health issues can be.

May 23, 2024

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Audience Member

A little cheesy and dramatic, where it very clearly has a target audience. Still enjoyable and anyone with anxiety could probably relate. Good movie, just not meant for me.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

11/06/24

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elgan r

I love this movie anymore and the moral lesson that I learned about Aza Holmes: We are stronger when we share our struggles with others.🥹❤️🍿

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/19/24

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Austin S

“We’re about to live the American dream; benefiting off someone’s misfortune.” A genuinely endearing, self aware, emotionally affecting, relatable, meta-realistic love story. As someone with OCD, this resonated on a deeply personal level. I appreciate the writing & dialogue so much. It came across naturally and painted a portrait with some cliches, but no cheap tricks. The performances, especially Isabela Merced’s, were beautifully done. My emotional scale was in the balance with every line, mannerism, and facial cue. The visual representation of OCD through the character of Ava was on the nose without being over the top. It can be aggressively debilitating at times. I came across this just scrolling on MAX. I hadn’t heard of it before but decided to give it a shot. Whoever made that decision, I’m glad they did. P.s. When she sees the spiral painting for the first time & without saying anything, her reaction told me everything. 🥺 P.s.s. Star Wars fan non-fiction

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

08/13/24

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Greg G

Personally, I really enjoyed this. I think it was Isabela Merced’s best performance to date! There some cringey moments, and some quite hard to watch moments but overall it was pretty good.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/12/24

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Giovana L

O filme é legal,todos os personagens são muito fofos, você acaba gostando de todos,deu pra entender por cima como é a mente de quem tem TOC,o final sim podia ser melhor, mas foi bom mesmo assim, se aprofundou mais na relação de amizade (por isso as duas garotas na capa obviamente a gente já prevê o final mais ou menos) me emocionei um pouquinho.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

07/28/24

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Alejandro R

This is beautiful ❤️

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

09/15/24

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Aza Holmes

Cree Cicchino

Daisy

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Davis

Maliq Johnson

Mychal

Poorna Jagannathan

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Turtles All the Way Down tackles anxiety through its 17-year-old protagonist, Aza Holmes. It's not easy being Aza, but she's trying... trying to be a good daughter, a good friend, and a good student, all while navigating an endless barrage of invasive, obsessive thoughts that she cannot control. When she reconnects with Davis, her childhood crush, Aza is confronted with fundamental questions about her potential for love, happiness, friendship, and hope.

Director: Hannah Marks
Producer: Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen, Isaac Klausner
Screenwriter: Elizabeth Berger, Isaac Aptaker
Distributor: Max
Production Co: Temple Hill Entertainment, New Line Cinema
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Drama, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): May 2, 2024
Runtime: 1h 51m

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