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Try Seventeen (2002) -- The story of a young man who enters college only to discover that he can learn more about life and love from his neighbors in the apartment building where he lives.

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6.1/10   3,531 votes
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Director:
Jeffrey Porter
Writer:
Charles Kephart (writer)
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Release Date:
1 April 2003 (Russia) more
Genre:
Comedy | Romance | Drama more
Tagline:
You're only seventeen once. For Jones Dillon, it's one time too many.
Plot:
The story of a young man who enters college only to discover that he can learn more about life and love from his neighbors in the apartment building where he lives. full summary | add synopsis
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Reaching the Maturity more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Elijah Wood ... Jones

Franka Potente ... Jane

Mandy Moore ... Lisa
Chris William Martin ... Steve

Deborah Harry ... Ma Mabley

Elizabeth Perkins ... Blanche

Aaron Pearl ... Brad

Andrew Jackson ... Guy
Malcolm Scott ... Randy

Aloma Wright ... Alicia

Frank C. Turner ... Custodian
Josh Byer ... Skinhead

Chad Faust ... Tough

Daniella Evangelista ... Girlfriend
Michael Roberds ... Clerk
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
All I Want (USA) (DVD title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for language and some sexuality.
Runtime:
96 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
Country:
Canada | USA
Language:
German | English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
On some of the DVD box covers, Jane and Lisa's hair colors are reversed from that of the movie. more
Quotes:
Jones: Well, you're good.
Lisa: Really? I mean, not just compared to you?
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Soundtrack:
Her & Dad more

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15 out of 16 people found the following comment useful:-
Reaching the Maturity, 11 October 2004
7/10
Author: Claudio Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The seventeen years old newcomer in town Jones Dillon (Elijah Wood) drops out the university on his first day, after a problem with his roommate, and decides to rent an apartment in an old building. Jones pays one year rental at once for the 2B apartment and his only possessions are a trunk and a typewriter that belonged to his unknown father. Jones spends his time fantasizing his life, writing never-sent-letters to his absent father and discussing by phone his childhood and family problems with his alcoholic mother (Elizabeth Perkins), who lives in Texas. He becomes friend of a painter cowboy, who lives on the first floor, and of the aspiring actress Lisa (Mandy Moore), who lives in the apartment 2A on the same floor. Jones has a crush on the temperamental photographer Jane (Franka Potente), who lives in apartment 2C. After a car accident, Jones reaches the maturity and resolves the outstanding problems of his life. 'Try Seventeen' is a kind of love-hate movie. My wife, for example, just watched half of the story and gave-up to see the second part. I liked this film, about a young man leaving adolescence and finding his own path. The viewer has to keep in mind that Jones's neighbors are indeed Lisa and Jane, otherwise it would be very hard to believe that a guy would have Mandy Moore and Franka Potente available on the same floor. There is comedy, romance and drama in this sensitive story well directed by Jeffrey Porter. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): 'Era Tudo o Que Eu Queria' ('This Was Everything That I Wanted')

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