The lead actor is similar to Danny Bonaduce of The Partridge Family, in other words a chubby red haired precocious nerd. He's 15. We are expected to believe that a pretty 25 year old girl takes an interest in him. The movie is the idea of filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson. I guess we know what his fantasies are - having a pretty girl like you even though you are weird, chubby, with a bad haircut to boot. A yucky movie. It's also startling in the beginning to see the 25 year old played by Alana Haim, arrive home to find her family watching TV and they all look like her. How did they get actresses who look exactly like the lead actress? Turns out her whole family is in the movie. A waste of time.
Review of Licorice Pizza
