Movie #1904 "The Art of Getting Byk" (HBO On Demand) -- my kind of film about complex teens trying to get through high school with lots of baggage --- Freddie Highmore plays George, a teen I totally related to because I have had "Georges" in my class in the past --- you know he is smart, possibly smarter than anyone else in the class (as evidenced in this film by his interpretation of a theme in "Mayor of Casterbridge"), but he never does the homework and never get to that ever important research paper or final paper on that novel he so understands. Why? There could be a number of reasons --- He spends time thinking about "other things" --- his mom has remarried and his stepdad is a jerk -- he has no friends and no girlfriends, esp. Until he meets up with a girl clearly "out of his league" who befriends him --- and he falls in love head over heels for her. Principal gives him one more chance : to do every stitch of work he has blown off and if he does, he will graduate with he others. But what will be what really motivates him? I liked a lot about the movie: the actors, the themes, the complexity of the characters, that Speilburg's daughter is in this along with Julia Roberts' nice and Rita Wilson and Ann Dowd, and a kickass Art Teacher I would have loved to have worked with. I like films that have a character that you know has more to him than meets the eye, but the others don't. And that to watch him succeed with the help of others is very inspiring. I would give this 4 out of 5 and recommend it. And teens could see it, too.
"THE ART OF GETTING BY" 2011 PG-13 1 hour and 23 minutes
George, a lonely and fatalistic teen who has made it all the way to his senior year without ever having done a real day of work, is befriended by Sally, a popular but complicated girl who recognizes in him a kindred spirit.
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