The Spectacular Now is a 2013 romantic comedy-drama film directed by James Ponsoldt. It centers on a carefree, party-loving boy who encounters a shy but determined girl, leading to unexpected ...

Samantha is a Senior Writer for Collider, with a deep admiration for the arts, a vast amount of unpopular opinions, and an ever-expanding knowledge of all things TV and Film. Unafraid to speak her ...

It is so refreshing to watch a film about young people coming into their own (notice that I didn’t say ‘coming of age’) that actually has good (actually, great) writing, a storyline that doesn’t make ...

Liam Gaughan is a film and TV writer at Collider. He has been writing film reviews and news coverage for ten years. Between relentlessly adding new titles to his watchlist and attending as many ...

In “The Spectacular Now,” the high school seniors look and talk like actual high school seniors. (Even though the leads are in their 20s.) Nobody gets bitten by a radioactive spider, nobody falls in ...

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 ...

A hard-partying high school senior's philosophy on life changes when he meets the not-so-typical "nice girl." ...