All These Small Moments (2018)
Starring Brendan Meyer, Jemima Kirke, Molly Ringwald, Brian d'Arcy James, Harley Quinn Smith, Sam McCarthy, Roscoe Orman, David Joseph Craig, Jazzy Williams, Salena Qureshi, Spenser Granese, Derek Michalak, Elijah Boothe, Connor Johnston, Margot Steinberg, Charlie Oh
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A teenage boy's infatuation with a woman he sees on the bus further complicates his already tumultuous adolescence.
My review · Reviewed 01/18/2019
It seems as though we are currently inundated with coming-of-age dramas. They all seem to have the same general themes - struggle with parents, balancing the desires of a younger guy/girl while being drawn to an older guy/girl, etc. I don't think that its too hard to make a decent film in this area but I do think that it is tough to make areallygood film. I can think of a few good ones - An Education and The Way, Way Back come to mind.
I think where this film succeeds is that it traverses that gracefully traverses the various themes without getting bogged down in them. The other day I watched Breath- I enjoyed it very much but I felt this was a better film in that the focus did not stay on the main character. Definitely one of the better films this year. And Molly Ringwald is in it!