Claysaba
Excellent, Without a doubt!!
AnhartLinkin
This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.
Scarlet
The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
ruklick55
I am a big fan of emma Roberts and John Cusack as well. This movie is simply boring and does not go anywhere interesting. The only reason that I was able to watch the entire film was because I wanted to see if it went anywhere. This is my very first review and I was motivated because this movie was so bland. People will watch almost anything, myself included.
Robert J. Maxwell
That gloriously transparent quote is from Emily Dickenson. Would that the movie itself were equally transparent. On the surface it's about a young girl, Emma Roberts, who is extremely appealing, who wants to become a poet,convinced of her talent, who insinuates her way into the life of an older once-successful poet,John Cusack, and becomes his protogé. For while anyway.It's fundamentally an Entwiklungs story -- a naive girl leaves her suburban home and takes a job in an adult book store, is introduced to oddball characters, learns to smoke dope, shed her search for ultimate beauty and incorruptibility, and live in the unfolding moment.I was unable to watch the end but it was fairly clear where it was headed. I'd be surprised if: (1) Emma Roberts doesn't find that the source of true art lies within one's self; (2) John Cusack doesn't get over his brooding and rediscover his self confidence; (3) Roberts doesn't wind up with the quietly practical, practically quiet, boy who works in the same adult book store, Evan Peters; and (4) Roberts never reconciles with her parents, with whom she quarrels constantly and whose house she left in a low dudgeon.There are some memorable features on display here. One can't help notice that Emma Roberts is truly an attractively winsome young lady who may in fact be able to deliver a good performance. It's hard to tell from this single example. Another is that I'm sure glad I turned down that offer of a teaching job at Syracuse University because the movie illustrates exactly how sepulchral the weather and architecture of the city are. Another is that the film seems aimed at an audience, mostly female, of Roberts' age, who have not yet come face to face with urban debauchery only to fine that it's really pretty human underneath all that iconoclastic bluster. The cross-dressing homosexual Hispanic hair dresser turns out to be a somewhat nice guy.The movie is no masterpiece but it's well written for the message it carries and will probably keep your interest until the end.
MaddyB
I found it to be beautiful in a weird; indie punk kind of way. I thought it was well shot with strong supporting characters and a sense of inspiration through it all. Its definitely worth the watch. I especially enjoyed the character development that Emma's character goes through when she meets the kind of people she hadn't been exposed to in her liberal arts college. The slow progression from privileged and sheltered to open, fun, and less pompous than she was in the beginning felt genuine. The poetry that's read is slightly lacking, that is my only complaint. All in all, its beautiful
ConsistentlyFalconer
An easy-to-watch little gem, this. Emma Roberts gives a strong leading performance as an over-confident, incredibly naïve young poet. Evan Peters is as charmingly cool and likable as ever; Armando Riesco plays his role as a human being, not a caricature... John Cusack, naturally, plays John Cusack, but he plays him very very well. Speaking of Cusack's character, I'm delighted that the message that he gives our heroine is not the usual "You can be whoever you want to be" claptrap you tend to find in these films. Because of the central premise - one's adult talent doesn't necessarily lie where our childhood dreams wish it did - Amy's relationship with her parents is real and heartbreaking. You really feel for them more than anybody, despite their short screen time.yetanotherfilmreviewblog.tumblr.com
