Plot
A former valedictorian quits her reporter job in New York and returns to the place she last felt happy: her childhood home in Connecticut. She gets work as a lifeguard and starts a dangerous relationship with a troubled teenager.
Release Year: 2013
Rating: 5.5/10 (2,611 voted)
Director:Liz W. Garcia
Storyline
A former valedictorian quits her reporter job in New York and returns to the place she last felt happy: her childhood home in Connecticut. She gets work as a lifeguard and starts a dangerous relationship with a troubled teenager.
Filming Locations: Sewickley Valley, Pennsylvania, USA
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Rating: 8/10
I've got no experience with Veronica Mars, but I can see why people
like Kristen Bell. She's real and relatable, as are all of the
characters in this film.
At age 29, with her life in the city more disheartening and less
complete than she ever expected, Kristen Bell's Leigh heads back home,
where her two best friends (Mammie Gummer of The Good Wife and the
familiar Martin Starr of Freaks and Geeks and about a million other
comedies) are leading lives equally unperfected. During her aimless
summer in her home town, she crosses paths with the local drop-outs,
played sensitively and convincingly by a trio of young actors,
including recently discovered teen actor Alex Shaffer of the Paul
Giamatti film Win, Win, in a supporting role. Youthful indiscretions
can't really cohabit with adult responsibilities, and the dramatic
tension is ratcheted-up (if also resolved fairly easily) in sincere
ways.
Nice production and a convincing story of early middle-age indecision
with nuanced acting by a strong cast of recognizable faces adds up to a
satisfying film.
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