Terri (2011)

The story of a bullied fifteen-year-old boy in a small town as he struggles to adjust to his difficult life.

Director:

Azazel Jacobs

Writers:

Patrick DeWitt (as Patrick Dewitt), Patrick DeWitt (story by) (as Patrick Dewitt)

Stars:

John C. Reilly, Jacob Wysocki, Bridger Zadina

10 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jacob Wysocki	...	Terri
John C. Reilly	...	Mr. Fitzgerald
Bridger Zadina	...	Chad Markson
Creed Bratton	...	Uncle James
Olivia Crocicchia	...	Heather Miles
Tim Heidecker	...	Mr. Flemisch
Justin Prentice	...	Dirty Jack
Mary Anne McGarry	...	Mrs. Hamish
Curtiss Frisle	...	Sex Ed
Tara Karsian	...	Mrs. Davidson
Diane Salinger	...	Mrs. Vick (as Diane Louise Salinger)
Lisa Hoover	...	Waitress
Jenna Gavigan	...	Samantha Goode
Jessica D. Stone	...	Rachel #1 (as Jessica Stone)
Jamie Lee Redmon	...	Rachel #2

Storyline

The story of a bullied fifteen-year-old boy in a small town as he struggles to adjust to his difficult life.

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Plot Keywords:

character name as title | forename as title | bare chested boy | mousetrap | overweight | 

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Taglines:

We've all been there.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexual content, language and some drug and alcohol use - all involving teens

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 August 2012 (France)

Also Known As:

Terri, o atairiastos

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$78,257, 1 July 2011, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$653,578, 18 September 2011

Company Credits

Production Co:

Verisimilitude, Silverwood Films, Periscope Entertainment

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Mr. Fitzgerald: Life's a mess, dude, but we're all just doing the best we can, you know. You and me, and Samantha. We're just doing what we can. So if I hurt you, or if I lied to you, all I can tell you is I'm sorry, and I will try to do better. Maybe I will do better, or maybe I'll... do even worse. I don't know. I screw up all the time, because that's what people do. You know.

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Connections

Featured in Ebert Presents: At the Movies: Episode #1.24 (2011)

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Soundtracks

Someone Else
Written by Henry Gummer (as H.W. Gummer) and Zoe Buck
Performed by Henry Gummer (as Henry Wolfe)
Courtesy of Orphans Music, BMI

User Reviews

Terri: slow but wise,

Terri is just not your average movie. I can understand why some do not like this: you have to let yourself in on it. At first I was not immediately carried away, but as the story continues I slowly but surely got sucked in.

I would not call it a comedy at all, though some scenes made me smile. It touches on subjects which keep your mind occupied on that age (and later too, though different;-).

The movie shows lessons of life which some learn early in their life, others have to live through and never learn. It shows us we can make mistakes, we will, and we even have to if we want to "learn life".

I understood it got a more restricted rating than the average action movie. I can only think it has to do with the sexual subjects it contains, but I think it is done in such a way that you can only learn good things from it if you're young.

Cinematography does not do anything new, but it's a lot better and fitting than the shaky camera's of the 100 million dollar movies that came out lately.

So, lessons in life here!