Surrounded by wealth and living with abundant resources in Manhattan, 12-year-old cello prodigy Reggie, lives a solitary life lacking only frequently absent parents and friends. Estranged from family, having slacker boyfriend troubles, and fired from her waitressing job, sometimes musician 23-year-old Eleanor needs a new place to live and a new job.
Director:
Frank Whaley
Stars:
Julian Shatkin,
Olga Merediz,
Debra Messing
The enduring friendship between the Walling and Ostroff families is tested when Nina, the prodigal Ostroff daughter, returns home for the holidays after a five-year absence and enters into an affair with David, head of the Walling family.
In the throes of a quarter-life crisis, Megan panics when her boyfriend proposes, then, taking an opportunity to escape for a week, hides out in the home of her new friend, 16-year-old Annika, who lives with her world-weary single dad.
Director:
Lynn Shelton
Stars:
Keira Knightley,
Chloë Grace Moretz,
Sam Rockwell
When a group of old college friends reunite over a long weekend after one of them attempts suicide, old crushes and resentments shine light on their life decisions, and ultimately push friendships and relationships to the brink.
Sarah begins to confront her shortcomings after she rejects her boyfriend's hasty proposal and soon finds herself in a rebound romance. Meanwhile, her sister Beth is immersed in the details of her wedding.
Beautiful, wild, funny, and lost, Katie Kampenfelt takes a year off before college to find herself, all the while chronicling her adventures in an anonymous blog into which she pours her ... See full summary »
A tragedy presents Laurel with the chance to reinvent herself as her idolized twin sister, Audrey. As she eases into the life she has always wanted, she must decide between continuing the lie or revealing herself as the perfect fraud.
Two New York City girls make a pact to lose their virginity during their first summer out of high school. When they both fall for the same street artist, the friends find their connection tested for the first time.
Director:
Naomi Foner
Stars:
Dakota Fanning,
Elizabeth Olsen,
Sterling Jones
A high school senior instigates a social pecking order revolution after finding out that she has been labeled the DUFF - Designated Ugly Fat Friend - by her prettier, more popular counterparts.
Jenny Farrell has led an openly gay life - except with her conventional family. When she finally decides to start a family and marry the woman they thought was just her roommate, the small,... See full summary »
Director:
Mary Agnes Donoghue
Stars:
Katherine Heigl,
Tom Wilkinson,
Linda Emond
In early drafts of the script the story began with Paige making a drunken promise to Sasha not to get married until same-sex marriage was legal. After same-sex marriage became legal in California this plot line was abandoned. See more »
Quotes
[first lines]
Sasha:
Watch where you're going, bitch!
Paige:
What?
Sasha:
Thanks for cutting me off.
Paige:
You almost knocked my side view mirror off, slut.
Sasha:
You are lucky I have to be somewhere or I'd fuck your ass up right now.
Paige:
Fuck you!
Sasha:
Fuck you!
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One of the most perceptive, honest and charming comedies about young people on the cusp between post-adolescent hedonism and adulthood and how competing priorities can drive rifts between even the strongest friendships. Gillian Jacobs and Leighton Meester are perfectly believable as longtime best friends suddenly experiencing a rift as one starts to settle into comfortable, middle-class adulthood while the other flounders from one doomed relationship to another and from job to job. I was particularly surprised by Jacobs, who expands her range beyond her character from "Community" into a surprisingly level-headed young woman. Adam Brody provides excellent support as Jacobs's love interest.
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One of the most perceptive, honest and charming comedies about young people on the cusp between post-adolescent hedonism and adulthood and how competing priorities can drive rifts between even the strongest friendships. Gillian Jacobs and Leighton Meester are perfectly believable as longtime best friends suddenly experiencing a rift as one starts to settle into comfortable, middle-class adulthood while the other flounders from one doomed relationship to another and from job to job. I was particularly surprised by Jacobs, who expands her range beyond her character from "Community" into a surprisingly level-headed young woman. Adam Brody provides excellent support as Jacobs's love interest.