This movie came across to me as quite the downer, and didn't seem at all to be a Rob Reiner directed film. Nick Robinson is believable as the defiant and sarcastic Charlie Mills. He's 18-years-old and a drug addict and has gone to one treatment facility after another, only gaining brief periods of sobriety.
Nick is from a very well-to-do family with his father (Cary Elwes), a former movie star running for Governor of California. The bulk of the film will center on Nick's rehab attempts, as he continually flaunts and disregards the recovery program's and counselors recommendations, thinking he has all the answers. Unfortunately, it will take a tragedy to finally get his attention.
There's lots of unlikable characters here, plenty of drug use, raw language, explicit sexual references, and some nudity.
Overall, I had trouble caring about the characters here, and just found the movie to be more irritating than enjoyable.
Nick is from a very well-to-do family with his father (Cary Elwes), a former movie star running for Governor of California. The bulk of the film will center on Nick's rehab attempts, as he continually flaunts and disregards the recovery program's and counselors recommendations, thinking he has all the answers. Unfortunately, it will take a tragedy to finally get his attention.
There's lots of unlikable characters here, plenty of drug use, raw language, explicit sexual references, and some nudity.
Overall, I had trouble caring about the characters here, and just found the movie to be more irritating than enjoyable.