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Plot. George Zinavoy is a lonely senior at a Manhattan preparatory school with a penchant for drawing and a nihilistic worldview. Obsessed with the inevitability of death, he never does homework and skips school frequently; as a result, he is placed on academic probation.
George is a loner high school student with a penchant for drawing and skipping class. He has a nihilistic view of the world which is why he never does homework and skips school frequently. His academic delinquency puts him on academic probation.
George (Freddie Highmore) is a fatalistic high school senior who is a gifted artist. George is often haunted by the realization that he will die someday. He ceases to complete his homework, as he feels that everything seems meaningless. As a result, he is put on academic probation.
Jun 17, 2011 · At a rich prep school on the Upper West Side, George, played by Freddie Highmore, is a self-styled misanthrope and frustrated virgin who trudges around in an oversize overcoat, reading Camus and...
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Jun 17, 2011 · The camera looks up at her as if from George’s position at his classroom desk.
As graduation nears, George learns that he must make up all the work he's skipped, a challenge complicated by changes in his family life and his relationship with Sally. His art teacher (Jarlath Conroy) challenges him to do one painting that conveys his passion and is fearless, bold, and authentic.
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Jun 16, 2011 · Homework is exactly what George (Freddie Highmore) does not do. An agreeable, mopey senior at a Manhattan prep school, George is either epically lazy or seriously depressed, or some combination...
