...är inte en regelrätt tonårsfilm efter amerikanska mått (även fast det är en ganska snäll tolkning av vad ungdomar går igenom) men en realistisk sådan för här har spriten hamnat i händerna hos minderåriga som kör rattfulla.
What’s different, and irresistibly so, about The Spectacular Now is the way that familiar romantic configuration has been rejuvenated (some might say transformed) by a healthy dose of authenticity.
....one of the rare truly soulful and authentic teen movies.
Here is a lovely film about two high school seniors who look, speak and feel like real 18-year-old middle-American human beings. Do you have any idea how rare that is?
...it compassionately conveys the confusion, insecurities and joys that are a quintessential part of being 18. It's rare for a film about teenagers to feel this mature.