Saturday 25 June 2016

A little too much telling

Paper Towns (2015)

Directed by Jake Schreier this film based on the novel of the same name stars Nat Wolff, Cara Delevingne, Halston Sage and Justice Smith. An 18 year old boy pinning for the girl that lives next door goes on a night of adventure with her.

Departing marginally from the novel on which it is based this is still a fairly decent deconstruction of the “Manic Pixie Dream Girl” stereotype. While the film does not work as well as the novel and does at times rams the message down your throat it is still a good watch. The performances are good and the direction shows flashes but at times this film struggles to be more than a coming of age film.


3/5

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