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The Spectacular Now is a american film of genre Drama directed by James Ponsoldt released in USA on 13 september 2013 with Miles Teller
The Spectacular Now (2013)
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Add to a movie listThe Spectacular Now is a 2013 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by James Ponsoldt, written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber and starring Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Tim Tharp. The film premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, where it garnered critical acclaim.
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Sutter Keely (Miles Teller) is 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. He is also a budding alcoholic. His girlfriend, Cassidy (Brie Larson), unable to cope with his alcoholism and lack of ambition, decides to dump him. Drinking to numb his pain, Sutter, passed out on a stranger's lawn, is awakened one morning after an alcohol-induced blackout, by Aimee Finicky (Shailene Woodley), a girl who wears no makeup and reads science fiction and manga during her free time. Sutter helps her with her paper route and ultimately invites her to have lunch with him.Actors
Miles Teller
(Sutter Keely)
Shailene Woodley
(Aimee Finecky)
Brie Larson
(Cassidy Roy)
Jennifer Jason Leigh
(Sara Keely)
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
(Holly Keely)
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