Art of Getting By, The

A solemn, touching, predictable, coming-of-age film in which the parents (Rita Wilson and Sam Robards), the principal (Blair Underwood), and teachers (Alicia Silverstone, Jatlath Conroy, et al.) try desperately to motivate a brilliant, morose, rebellious, artistic high school senior (Freddie Highmore) whose loner tendencies are challenged when he is befriended by a cynical Brooklyn painter (Michael Angarano) and a disillusioned, lonely, free-spirited classmate (Emma Stone), who lives with her sexy, irresponsible mother (Elizabeth Reaser).
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