2011 · drama · romance · supernatural
The Art of Getting By
Directed by Gavin Wiesen1h 23m2011
George, a lonely and fatalistic teen who's made it all the way to his senior year without ever having done a real day of work, is befriended by Sally, a popular but complicated girl who recognizes in him a kindred spirit.
Our read: The Art of Getting By (2011) reads as a warm, steady, grounded drama · romance · supernatural entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, steady, gentle drama / romance, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- warm
- gentle
- intimate
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