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Title : Paper Towns [Blu-ray]
Category: Movies

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Rating : 3.4
Buyer Review : 13









Review :
Phony, sanitized teenage-angst drama
I am not a member of youth-oriented novelist John Green's expansive readership, but I found last year's The Fault in Our Stars to be a very pleasant surprise: at once a bit hip and very earnest, it features charismatic, well-matched stars and earns its heart-wrenching sentimentality. Paper Towns, this year's Green adaptation by the same production company, is sadly inferior in almost every way. The story focuses on Quentin (Nat Wolff), a high-school senior who has long nursed a deep, unrequited love for his popular neighbor Margo (Cara Delevingne), whose moving in he describes as a miracle in an opening voice-over preamble. When Margo vanishes on the eve of prom and graduation, Quentin begins a type of investigation, desperate to interpret what she left behind in order to discern her location. The search culminates in a road trip with his best friends, Ben and Radar (Austin Abrams and Justice Smith), as well as a concerned friend of hers, Lacey (Halston Sage).

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Paper Towns quick movie review

What's it About?

A high school senior (Nat Wolff) finds secret messages left for him by his recently disappeared crush (Cara Delevingne), and takes his friends on a road trip to track her down.

What Did I Think?

The term “teen movie” basically exists to say “teenagers don’t know any better”, and Paper Towns is a movie that doesn’t help that. It’s got wonderful performances all around, especially from Cara Delevingne, and there’s a soundtrack filled with trendy music from the likes of Haim and The War on Drugs. Sadly, the smart-alecky and pretentious script imparts the tired message that “nerdy” guys, no matter how gross, are just sweet schlubs that deserve whatever female attention they can get.

Too many differences

Loved the cast but it has too many major and minor differences from the book including the ending. I would have absolutely loved the whole movie had I never read the book.