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| 2 | [[caption-width-right:214:Sometimes we all need a little help.]] |
| 3 | ''How to Be'' is a 2008 comedy-drama film starring Creator/RobertPattinson and cameoing [[Funny/ImSorryIHaventAClue Jeremy Hardy]]. Pattinson is Art, a twenty-something man struggling to find meaning in his life. He's not successful at his desired career of music. He works at a grocery store despite having a degree. After his girlfriend breaks things off with him and throws him out, he goes home to live with his parents, who are emotionally cold to him. Inspired by a self-help book, ''It's Not Your Fault'', Art decides to use his inheritance to hire the author, Dr. Levi Ellington, to be his life coach. |
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| 6 | !!This film exhibits the following tropes: |
| 7 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: Dr. Ellington is decidedly odd, but incisive in his observations. |
| 8 | * CoolCar: In his effort to find meaning, Art buys a very nice-looking car that seems to perform well... and then refuses to start for most of the rest of the film. |
| 9 | * HollywoodMidLifeCrisis: More of a Quarter-life Crisis. Art doesn't know who he's going to be, but knows he can't stay who he is now. Among other things, he buys a fast car. |
| 10 | * ItsAllJunk: Near the end of the film, Art starts giving away everything he owns, including his beloved guitar, to homeless people. |
| 11 | * ParentalNeglect: Art's parents are decidedly reserved and, at best, offer him backhanded compliments. Later in the film, we learn that it's due to their own psychological hangups. |
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