The Art of Getting By (2011)

• Year: 2011
• Released: 17 Jun 2011
• Country: United States
• Adwords: 1 win & 2 nominations
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1645080/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/The_Art_of_Getting_By
• Metacritics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-art-of-getting-by
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: PG-13
• Genre: Drama, Romance
• Runtime: 83 min
• Writer: Gavin Wiesen
• Director: Gavin Wiesen
• Cast: Freddie Highmore, Emma Roberts, Michael Angarano
• Keywords: friendship, artist, teen movie, painting, philosophy,

	6.5/10
	36/100
	19% – Critics
	46% – Audience

The Art of Getting By Storyline

A high school slacker forges an unlikely bond with the most popular girl in his class, and becomes an apprentice to an older artist after learning that his disdain for homework may cost him his diploma. George (Freddie Highmore) isn’t what you’d call a people person, yet he’s somehow managed to make it through high school with a minimal amount of effort. Meanwhile, Sally (Emma Roberts) is a natural-born beauty whose popularity helps to hide the fact that she’s positively miserable at home. Brought together by their turbulent personal lives, Sally and George quickly discover that despite appearances, they actually have quite a bit in common. It all threatens to fall apart, though, when George learns that he may not be eligible for graduation. Desperate to escape high school by any means necessary, George attempts to learn some measure of self-discipline by working under Dustin, a successful 25-year-old artist who sees potential in the young misfit. Now, just as George begins to see the future as something to embrace rather than something to dread, his lazy past threatens to hinder his forward momentum.

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The Art of Disappointment

I watched this, thinking I would be fairly satisfied with what I saw, and maybe even end up loving the movie more than I expected. Unfortunately, I was wrong. Overall, the movie was completely sloppy and character development was just unrealistic and off. And the “love” story was not the saving grace either. Don’t get me wrong, teenage love stories are my weakness. But this just didn’t make sense. Characters were just too all over the place. Suddenly the misanthropic male has actually been in love with the girl the whole time? Really? And then, no wait, the girl loves him too? Oh wait, the girl loves him so much she decides to cheat on her boyfriend only to go and meet him at the airport anyway? No wait, she doesn’t end up going on a plane! What a surprise! And don’t even get me started on that painting at the end. Of all the things the kid could have painted (I’m sure the kid has had a lot of struggles) he decides to paint the girl???? Really???? Their relationship did not even seem that significant or had any impact (everything just came suddenly) and that’s really who/what he paints? Disappointed. Only gave it a 4 cause I really like Freddie and the concept of the movie.

Good effort for first time indie

George Zinavoy (Freddie Highmore) is an apathetic loner. He is doing nothing the whole year and is in danger of expulsion unless he can do all the work. Sally (Emma Roberts) is popular and a complicated rebel. She is an MPDG. They cut class together. She treats him like a kid, but is there more?

Gavin Wiesen’s first full length feature is a NY indie with a couple of great young actors, great NY locations, but a standard boy meets girl story. Freddie Highmore has the look of weak kid. Emma Roberts has one great cruel manipulative emotionally vicious scene. The ending wraps up too well. It’s a good first time effort for Gavin.

Going through

What is life? What are we here for? Is there any chance to make sense of it? There are bleak answers to this. And the movie does start with at least one of those. Getting by – or maybe not. Then again if you are a teen, maybe you don’t have much to say about how to get by. Still overthinking it is not helping any cause. Teachers who seem to have the right amount of pushing you while never giving up on you on the other hand … but not everybody has those.

Now Emma Roberts calls the Freddie Highmore character a missanthrope. I wouldn’t say that is entirely true. I would argue he just doesn’t see any sense in life overall (at least at the beginning). The chemistry between those two works more than nicely. For the movie to work though you need a lot more than those two actors/characters. And you get quite a few of them.

Another important thing is how you feel about shy guys (and girls). If you can connect or at least not dismiss entirely, you’ll have a winner here. If you are self confident yourself and don’t care for characters like the ones portrayed here … it’ll be way more difficult to relate or have fun watching this. So I listed key points and if you haven’t seen it yet, you should be able to decide if this romantic coming of age story is something that is interesting for you