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Quentin "Q" Jacobsen (Nat Wolff) lives across the street from Margo Roth Spiegelman in Jefferson Park, a subdivision of Orlando, Florida. She is a childhood friend from whom he has drifted over nine years after they discovered the corpse of a local lawyer, Robert Joyner, who killed himself after his divorce. Unbeknownst to Margo, Quentin has been infatuated with her since they became neighbors. After reaching adolescence, Margo (Cara Delevingne) becomes one of the popular girls, with an adventurous reputation, at Jefferson Park High School.[a] In contrast, Quentin is kind, unassertive, and unpopular. His friends are fellow outcasts Benjamin "Ben" Starling and Marcus "Radar" Lincoln. One night, Margo climbs through Quentin's window and recruits him for an all-night, revenge adventure. She has discovered that her boyfriend, Jason "Jase" Worthington, is having sex with one of her friends, Rebecca "Becca" Arrington. After buying supplies, Margo and Quentin pull humiliating pranks on Jason, Rebecca, and their friends, including Margo's best friend, Lacey Pemberton. Margo believes Lacey knew about but did not tell her about the infidelity. However, it is later revealed that Lacey was unaware until she was pranked. The event gives Quentin hope that he finally has a chance to develop a closer relationship with Margo. He begins to learn how to assert himself and to take chances.
The next day Margo does not come to school and, after a few days, some consider her missing, while others conclude she left for an undisclosed location...
"Paper Towns" received mixed reviews from film critics. Rotten Tomatoes critical consensus reads, "Paper Towns isn't as deep or moving as it wants to be, yet it's still earnest, well-acted, and thoughtful enough to earn a place in the hearts of teen filmgoers of all ages."
"Paper Towns" is a bit wishy washy to my mind, trying to blend a coming of age setup with some sort of "mystery" structure with high school as a backdrop. The film doesn't really know what it wants to be. There's no real highs and no real lows in it. It's more of a flatlining movie that plays infront of you. Nat Wolff is somewhat colourless, while Cara Delevingne does have something and her piercing eyes are just lovely. But, I reckon the script (based on the book with the same name) doesn't reach a satisfying result if you ask me, despite ok performances and an ok production.
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02/11/24
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A C
I appreciate when a movie is so similar to the book 🙏
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12/19/23
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BLEDEN
nao entendo quem nao gosta, a parte da viagem é incrivel.
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11/07/23
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KB B
I thought it was pretty well done though not on par with The Breakfast Club one of my favorites in this type. It's worth the watch. 3.5 stars
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10/05/23
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Tony
It is a simple, light hearted movie. I loved the humor. Some of it is cheesy--sure. Maybe it's more a 3 star. I can see many thinking it isn't all that. Reminds me a bit of The Breakfast Club. Thumbs up.
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08/16/23
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Isaac V
When I read the book, I was totally in awe of the characters, each one of them was amazing (in their own way), and even the secondary characters were very familiar, you could feel them important within the story.
After finishing the book I went to see the movie and was very disappointed. The flattest characters I've ever seen in a movie, devoid of emotions. And boy did they remove several important parts of the development of the characters themselves.
You never see a great relationship between them in the film, a strange atmosphere is created where at no time do you believe that they are friends, everything happens so fast and without explanation that it loses all the magic of the book itself.
That they removed the moment where they raided SeaWorld, it takes a lot out of the character of Q and Margo. And the ending, oh my god, the ending is horrible, where was the magic of the ending, the whole journey, just disappointing.
If you haven't read the book or know something about it, I think you'll be able to enjoy it while eating your dinner or just to hang out, but if you've already read the book, please don't make the same mistake as me and don't watch it, it's not worth it
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06/20/23
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