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The Spectacular Now (2013)

R | | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 13 September 2013 (USA)
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A hard-partying high school senior's philosophy on life changes when he meets the not-so-typical "nice girl."

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Cast overview, first billed only:
... Sutter
... Aimee
... Cassidy
... Ricky
... Marcus
... Tommy
... Sara
... Tara
... Bethany (as Ava London)
... Aimee's Mom
... Mr. Aster
... Dan
... Holly
Levi Miller ... Erik Wolff
... Doctor
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Storyline

Sutter Keely lives in the now. It's a good place for him. A high school senior, charming and self-possessed, he's the life of the party, loves his job at a men's clothing store, and has no plans for the future. A budding alcoholic, he's never far from his supersized, whiskey-fortified thirst-master cup. But after being dumped by his girlfriend, Sutter gets drunk and wakes up on a lawn with Aimee Finecky hovering over him. She's different: the "nice girl" who reads science fiction and doesn't have a boyfriend. While Aimee has dreams of a future, Sutter lives in the impressive delusion of a spectacular now, yet somehow, they're drawn together. Written by Production

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first kiss | teenage drinking | teenage sex | sex | female nudity | See All (230) »

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A Pure Gem... Graced With Sparkling Acting. See more »

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Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Rated R for alcohol use, language and some sexuality - all involving teens | See all certifications »

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Box Office

Budget:

$2,500,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$197,415, 4 August 2013, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$6,851,969, 22 November 2013
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Trivia

At one point during preproduction, the script began to change. Shailene Woodley was worried that the new rewrites would make the story less honest, and at one point even called Miles Teller to tell him that she was thinking of dropping out. Teller managed to convince her to stay on the movie, and the rewrites never happened. See more »

Goofs

When Sutter and Aimee are at the prom, they are drinking out of two cups. One cup is blue and one is yellow. When Sutter returns to the table after a dance with another girl, his cup is a different color than it was when he left. See more »

Quotes

Sutter: You think beauty's in some classroom or some textbook, and it's not. That's not what it's about. This right here. This is beautiful. All of this. That's all you need.
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Connections

Referenced in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Jim Parsons/Miles Teller/Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth (2015) See more »

Soundtracks

Go Hard
Written by Kutt The Check (as Jesse Leon McMullen)
Performed by Kutt The Check
Courtesy of Kutt The Check
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There's nothing spectacular about this movie.
23 October 2015 | by – See all my reviews

OK, there is... the title. But that's it. From the reading of the title til' the end of the movie, you will just go through a very average movie, based on a very average script. The story of a young lost man who feels completely uninterested in his future and just wants to live the now. We then realize that his missing father disappeared when he was a kid, and he tries to find him again. Only to discover that his father doesn't give a damn about him (what a surprise). But the important part is really the young man finding love in the most unlikely girl. In fact, she is so different that it's almost impossible to sense any chemistry between them during the movie. But since the director decided they should be together, it is what happens. I don't know, maybe I am too harsh, cause there was an attempt at doing something decent, but I love cinema, and this really left me completely flat.
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