Formerly known as Homework, writer/director Gavin Wiesen‘s directorial debut is getting a release this summer. Fox Searchlight picked up the coming-of-age comedy starring Freddie Highmore, Emma Roberts, and Michael Angarano, which premiered at Sundance this year. We found it to be the exact type of movie you expect to see there. A city-shot, self-aware indie dramedy with jokes that aren’t as funny as they aim to be. One can glean a bit of this from the trailer below. Check it out via MTV.
Synopsis:
George (Freddie Highmore), a smart teenage loner, has made it to his senior year despite the fact that he has never completed an assignment. Enter Sally (Emma Roberts), the school beauty, who hides her melancholy behind the protective mask of popularity. An unlikely connection blooms as these kindred spirits bond over their troubled parental relationships. With his education hanging by a thread, George concedes to let Dustin mentor him. Dustin is a successful artist, and he’s 25 years old—finally, someone George can respect! With Sally and Dustin by his side, George blossoms and dares to look toward the future. But George soon learns that life and love have a way of dashing dreams as rites of passage and mounds of homework threaten to do him in on the eve of his graduation. Buoyed by a gifted cast, Gavin Wiesen’s accomplished first feature is a winningly perceptive drama that breathes fresh life into the beloved coming-of-age genre.
The Art of Getting By hits theaters June 17th, 2011.
Did you like the trailer? Will you see the film?