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.
The Art of Getting By has generally received mixed reviews.
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Review of The Art of Getting By (2011)
By Tom Long (1,693) for Detroit News (2,682) on 16 Jun 2011
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The Art of Getting By was released in 2011 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 390 reviews, giving The Art of Getting By (2011) an average rating of 55%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 65%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 48%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with The Art of Getting By than critics were.
With a score of 55%, The Art of Getting By is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2011, which stands at 57%.
Other movies from 2011 with similar scores include films like The Thing, I Am Number Four and Johnny English Reborn.
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