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* EndsWithASmile: The closing seconds show [[spoiler:Amy smiling at seeing Sutter again, but the smile fades from her face as she opens her mouth to talk to him. The audience never learns what she says, so we don't know if she's choosing to take him back, chewing him out, rejecting him, or something completely different.]]
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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Sutter's teacher tells him this, saying he's BrilliantButLazy.

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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Sutter's teacher tells him this, saying he's BrilliantButLazy.BrilliantButLazy.
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* BreakingPointSwearing: Invoked by Sutter. He says that in order to stand up to her mother, Aimee must say "get off my ''mother-fucking'' back!"



* PrecisionFStrike: Invoked by Sutter. He says that in order to stand up to her mother, Aimee must say "get off my ''mother-fucking'' back!"



* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Sutter's teacher tells him this, saying he's BrilliantButLazy.

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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Sutter's teacher tells him this, saying he's BrilliantButLazy.BrilliantButLazy.
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The film stars Creator/MilesTeller as Sutter, Creator/ShaileneWoodley as Aimee, Creator/BrieLarson as Cassidy, and Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh as Sutter's mother, Sara. It is also notable as one of the first films released by Creator/{{A24}}.

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The film stars Creator/MilesTeller as Sutter, Creator/ShaileneWoodley as Aimee, Creator/BrieLarson as Cassidy, and Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh as Sutter's mother, Sara. mother Sara, Creator/MaryElizabethWinstead as his sister Holly, and Creator/KyleChandler as his estranged father Tommy. It is also notable as one of the first films to be released by Creator/{{A24}}.

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A 2013 indie American film [[FilmOftheBook based on the novel by Tim Tharp]].

Sutter Keely is a party crazy teenage boy, on the verge of graduation. His attitude is that everyone should "live in the now" and step outside their comfort zone. Things aren't going too well for him when the film begins, as he gets dumped by his girlfriend Cassidy over a misunderstanding. Things look up for him when he strikes up a romance with a shy geek girl called Aimee Finicky. NobodyThinksItWillWork.

The film stars Creator/MilesTeller as Sutter, Creator/ShaileneWoodley as Aimee, Creator/BrieLarson as Cassidy and also Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh as Sutter's mother. It's also notable for being one of the first films released under Creator/{{A24}}.

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A 2013 indie American independent romantic drama film directed by James Ponsoldt, [[FilmOftheBook based on on]] the 2008 novel of the same name by Tim Tharp]].Tharp.

Sutter Keely is a party crazy teenage boy, party-crazy high school senior on the verge of graduation. His graduation whose attitude is that everyone should "live in the now" and step outside their comfort zone. Things aren't going too well for him when as the film begins, as he gets dumped by his girlfriend Cassidy over a misunderstanding. Things However, things look up for him when he strikes up a romance with a shy geek shy, geeky girl called Aimee Finicky. NobodyThinksItWillWork.

The film stars Creator/MilesTeller as Sutter, Creator/ShaileneWoodley as Aimee, Creator/BrieLarson as Cassidy Cassidy, and also Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh as Sutter's mother. It's mother, Sara. It is also notable for being as one of the first films released under by Creator/{{A24}}.



* AdaptationalLocationChange: The novel is set in Oklahoma, while the film is set (and shot) in director James Ponsoldt's hometown of Athens, Georgia.



* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Aimee's younger brother Shane - sullen, fond of videogames.

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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Aimee's younger brother Shane - sullen, Shane, who's sullen and fond of videogames.video games.
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* BettyAndVeronica: Downplayed, but Sutter's two love interests are his ex-girlfriend Cassidy - who fits the EveryoneLovesBlondes archetype, wears sexy clothing and is a HardDrinkingPartyGirl (Veronica) - and the shy, studious, modest Aimee (Betty).

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* BettyAndVeronica: Downplayed, but Sutter's two love interests are his ex-girlfriend Cassidy - who fits the EveryoneLovesBlondes archetype, is a [[EveryoneLovesBlondes popular blonde]], wears sexy clothing and is a HardDrinkingPartyGirl (Veronica) - and the shy, studious, modest Aimee (Betty).
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* BettyAndVeronica: Downplayed, but Sutter's two love interests are his ex-girlfriend Cassidy - who is EveryoneLovesBlondes, wears sexy clothing and is a HardDrinkingPartyGirl (Veronica) - and the shy, studious, modest Aimee (Betty).

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* BettyAndVeronica: Downplayed, but Sutter's two love interests are his ex-girlfriend Cassidy - who is EveryoneLovesBlondes, fits the EveryoneLovesBlondes archetype, wears sexy clothing and is a HardDrinkingPartyGirl (Veronica) - and the shy, studious, modest Aimee (Betty).
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* PosterGalleryBedroom: the walls in Aimee's room are plastered with drawings and posters related to her interests.

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* PosterGalleryBedroom: the The walls in Aimee's room are plastered with drawings and posters related to her interests.



* StepfordSmiler: [[spoiler: Sutter ]] who has been terrified of feeling any kind of negative emotion as a result.

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* StepfordSmiler: [[spoiler: Sutter ]] [[spoiler:Sutter]], who has been terrified of feeling any kind of negative emotion as a result.
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* RapunzelHair: Aimee has beautiful brown hair that reaches to her waist.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Sutter doesn't graduate high school, he leaves his job at the store out of dissatisfaction, slips deeper into alcohol, finds out his dad totally abandoned him and his sister while also not seeing Aimee off at the bus and putting that relationship in major jeopardy. However, he begins to realize how wrong things are going and that he needs to fix them and his mother assures him he's nothing like his father and their relationship begins to repair itself finally. Also, while [[AmbiguousEnding the outcome being positive or not is not certain]], Sutter goes to see Aimee at college in the hope of patching things up.]]

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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Sutter doesn't graduate high school, he leaves his job at the store out of dissatisfaction, slips deeper into alcohol, finds out his dad totally abandoned him and his sister while also not seeing Aimee off at the bus and putting that relationship in major jeopardy. However, he begins to realize how wrong things are going and that he needs to fix them and his relationship with his mother begins to repair itself finally when she assures him he's nothing like his father and their relationship begins to repair itself finally.father. Also, while [[AmbiguousEnding the outcome being positive or not is not certain]], Sutter goes to see Aimee at college in the hope of patching things up.]]
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* AmbiguousEnding: The movie ends before it becomes clear what will happen between Sutter and Aimee. The book was less so, it was fairly (if not outright) clear that [[spoiler:[[DownerEnding the two would not get back together, and Sutter's life would go nowhere]]. The movie [[BittersweetEnding doesn't entirely dismiss the more positive possibility]] though.]]

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* AmbiguousEnding: The movie ends before it becomes clear what will happen between Sutter and Aimee. The book was less so, it was fairly (if not outright) clear that [[spoiler:[[DownerEnding the two would not get back together, and Sutter's life would go nowhere]]. The movie on the other hand [[BittersweetEnding doesn't entirely dismiss the more positive possibility]] though.]]



* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Sutter doesn't graduate high school, he leaves his job at the store out of dissatisfaction, slips deeper into alcohol, finds out his dad totally abandoned him and his sister while also not seeing Aimee off at the bus and putting that relationship in major jeopardy. However, he begins to realize how wrong things are going and that he needs to fix them, his mother assures him he's nothing like his father and that relationship begins to repair itself finally. Also, while [[AmbiguousEnding the outcome being positive or not is not certain]], Sutter goes to see Aimee at college in the hope of patching things up.]]

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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Sutter doesn't graduate high school, he leaves his job at the store out of dissatisfaction, slips deeper into alcohol, finds out his dad totally abandoned him and his sister while also not seeing Aimee off at the bus and putting that relationship in major jeopardy. However, he begins to realize how wrong things are going and that he needs to fix them, them and his mother assures him he's nothing like his father and that their relationship begins to repair itself finally. Also, while [[AmbiguousEnding the outcome being positive or not is not certain]], Sutter goes to see Aimee at college in the hope of patching things up.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Sutter doesn't graduate high school, he leaves his job at the store out of dissatisfaction, slips deeper into alcohol, finds out his dad totally abandoned him and his sister while also not seeing Aimee off at the bus and putting that relationship in major jeopardy. However, he begins to realize how wrong things are going and that he needs to fix them, his mother assures him he's nothing like his father and that relationship begins to repair itself finally. Also, while [[AmbiguousEnding the outcome being positive or not is not certain]], Sutter goes to see Aimee at college in hope of patching things up.]]

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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Sutter doesn't graduate high school, he leaves his job at the store out of dissatisfaction, slips deeper into alcohol, finds out his dad totally abandoned him and his sister while also not seeing Aimee off at the bus and putting that relationship in major jeopardy. However, he begins to realize how wrong things are going and that he needs to fix them, his mother assures him he's nothing like his father and that relationship begins to repair itself finally. Also, while [[AmbiguousEnding the outcome being positive or not is not certain]], Sutter goes to see Aimee at college in the hope of patching things up.]]

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* AmbiguousEnding: The movie ends before it becomes clear what will happen between Sutter and Aimee. The book was less so, it was fairly (if not outright) clear that [[spoiler:[[DownerEnding the two would not get back together, and Sutter's life would go nowhere.]]]]

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* AmbiguousEnding: The movie ends before it becomes clear what will happen between Sutter and Aimee. The book was less so, it was fairly (if not outright) clear that [[spoiler:[[DownerEnding the two would not get back together, and Sutter's life would go nowhere.]]]]nowhere]]. The movie [[BittersweetEnding doesn't entirely dismiss the more positive possibility]] though.]]


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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Sutter doesn't graduate high school, he leaves his job at the store out of dissatisfaction, slips deeper into alcohol, finds out his dad totally abandoned him and his sister while also not seeing Aimee off at the bus and putting that relationship in major jeopardy. However, he begins to realize how wrong things are going and that he needs to fix them, his mother assures him he's nothing like his father and that relationship begins to repair itself finally. Also, while [[AmbiguousEnding the outcome being positive or not is not certain]], Sutter goes to see Aimee at college in hope of patching things up.]]
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