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Mar 20, 2015 · Emotional coming-of-age story “Growing Up and Other Lies” displays cinematography and convincing actors that have an overall great performance. ★★★★☆ “Growing Up and Other Lies” is not just another coming-of-age tale.
One of the only mildly amusing scenes in the film features an Episcopalian priest played by 30 Rock‘s Scott Adsit, who Jake sits with to find some answers to what he deems as an “existential ...
Mar 20, 2015 · The seriocomic Growing Up and Other Lies, written and directed by Jacobs and Darren Grodsky (Humboldt County), offers strained male bonding from a quartet sorely out of tune.
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Struggling for the same vibe as male-bonding comedies like “Diner,” “Growing Up & Other Lies” instead feels like a really long beer commercial, except beer commercials usua
Mar 18, 2015 · That energy lifts it from a rut of bro antics into scenes that add layers of recognizable complexity to its characters—the impulsive, ill-considered kiss during a family get-together; a...
Expect strong language (including "f--k" and more), a bit of yelling/confrontation, scenes in which characters are drunk/smoke pot, and some kissing/ogling scenes. Mostly, though, viewers watch four friends hanging out with one another.
May 21, 2014 · “Growing Up,” the new film from writer/directors Danny Jacobs and Darren Grodsky, the team behind 2008’s “Humboldt County,” is hardly the first film in recent memory to deal with these subjects, but it explores them with a sensitivity and authenticity that can only be imbued by personal experience.
