Review of The Art of Getting By (2011) by Marcdoyle — 23 Jun 2011

I agree with Bullet97 - it's not terrible, but it's the casting of Freddie Highmore which ultimately kills it. He looks like an infant compared to the smoldering Emma Roberts. You feel bad for the kid, but seriously, they needed a guy that actually looked a bit more like a high school senior that would get into this situation.

And casting the jailed dad from Gossip Girl to play essentially the same role here as the guy's step-dad? Poor. So.. once you realize it's going to be bad, you start to have fun with it. I laughed.

For some reason, a group of girls in my Santa Monica theater gave it a round of applause at the end. What's that about? Hmmm.... The music? (Wasn't bad - good Pavement song.