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This movie felt me like it's real in every way. Story is fairly realistic. I was sick of youth movies that everyone in it is throwing parties and they are sure about the life and seem they know everything what's coming. The girl character made me feel so sad. I just wanted to hug her and he hugged her as well in the end. It's a tv movie but it has more in it than a regular tv stuff should have.

Very entertaining. Good plot and acting. Definitely worth watching.

On the surface, it looks like a cheesy dramatic move-and you know what? sometimes there are parts to it that are. but the majority of the movie is raw and real about emotions and the actors portray their characters so well so there's nothing wrong with their acting. this is a wonderful coming of age movie that i won't forget.

This is good and family movie.loved to watch and it is just nice and good. good plot about the family matters you know,totally drama and romantic.

great acting by Katherine C.hughes kinda genuine acting of her.lovely movie but end was supposed to be more great.

Is a really strong story, really powerful and warm. i like that they came up with not just one single problem and still solve it little by little all the way to the end. but in the other hand there's nothing that can make this movie can be different than the other good drama movie. but to be sure its already good guys.

i would say that some of the actors was in good performance and the other are kinda have some scene that their dont seem pretty good.

Need a 2nd movie leading to 9 years later! Absolutely a good movie!

This movie is not only great because the both leads Travis Tope and Katherine Hughes are great as well as Michelle Forbes as the mother.

It is great because it is more than "just" another coming of age story. When it starts you think you know where this is going. The shy underdog making a move on the popular pretty girl and then the plot will surprise you.

It is heartfelt movie with timeless themes like loss, family, parenthood and love. But what will stick with you is one important message. One that is so current in an age where everything is based on performance, everything is rated, everything is about eating better, walking more steps and optimizing everything you do at any given time so basically no room for failure, mistakes and struggle. And that message as Travis Tope's character will say is: "It is ok that we don't have all the answers".

What a beautiful movie. There are lessons in there that I will take to heart, hopefully for the rest of my life. Thank you. I am hopeful that I will grow and take action.

The actors, their emotions, their facial expressions, everything in movie, felt real. They truly have their craft down. Saying that feels like it's a mechanical thing, like a negative. It is not. They truly understand human nature, and it showed. Thank you.

I am so glad I watched this. GREAT job everyone. <3

Life is full of deep questions. This movie asks the deepest to these young-adults who are barely equipped to answer any of them, and a few adults who want to know the answers just as badly. This movie askes, What if we can't find an answer? And answers it with a beautiful song. I hope it's good enough!

I absolutely loved this movie. The entire production was so well done. The writing, acting, cinematography, and music were all on point. I loved every moment of this beautiful film.

As someone from the same area as the director / writer and had the chance to see him answer questions at a screening. While it's not autobiographical, each character was very authentic to the people I grew up with. While of course dramaticized, this movie kept true to itself and is funny.

This movie has such a soft, beautiful touch, so real and authentic. Nothing glib or "as usual." Great scripting, acting and composition. Just, WATCH IT!

This is a great film... a bit bittersweet, but with with a great ending.

A very beautiful and powerful movie. Touches you emotionally in every way. Heartwarming, funny, and explosive love. Learning from sorrow and seeing the collateral beauty of it.

Over the years, most every high school movie I've seen has been filled with excessive profanity, social media use, drinking, drug use, and sex.

The tables are turned here. We get a sweet, engaging, and simple story about a young man named Sam who is grieving his father's passing and reconnecting with a childhood crush Ellie while working alongside her at a video store. Sam and Ellie are cute together and we can see how they confide in each other while tackling life's societal pressures.

The relationship between Sam and his mother Janis is also explored- the two are distant and cold towards one another. Sam has a mission to bring his mother out of the darkness, and he succeeds in what is the strongest movie ending I've seen in ages.

There's moments of laughter, delight, and sadness while we watch Sam's summer vacation. Every character had a defined role and added to Sam's journey of self discovery (including Sam's hilarious video store manager JD, his best friend Bobby who lives across the street, and also his mom's good-natured ex-fiancée Dean). Music is also a key theme and helps bring these characters together.

Don't sleep on this movie; it's a must see.

Wonderful movie to watch at any time. The poetic touch to the movie, make a good experience. While watching this movie, i feel like having a love life that similar to the film. Each character in this movie has its important and nothing made it out of the line. Also each one played their rolls wonderfully. The boy who played sam is a good actor and weight to the that character in this movie was huge. I don't know the writer, but he has given a wonderful work and the presentation was also good. I really enjoyed every bits of this movie. I didn't feel any of bad vibe in this movie. I really recommend this movie to every one and will ask to review it.

I just watched this movie a second time. I had forgotten how much I loved it the first! The music from the movie is still playing in my head (as it did the first time I watched it as I recall). Every actor in this movie was phenomenal! The characters were all perfectly written in my opinion. I feel like I went to school and/or worked with all of the young leads! I don't understand why this movie never received more attention. It deserves so much more praise than it received. I feel like it should've been nominated for more awards. I suspect there are things about those movie nominations that I don't understand. I can only assume it has something to do with Hollywood politics.

A very well handled drama/romantic story with absolute realism. It felt real in every aspect. In present modern ways of movies it is always highlighted that life is only sunny and sunshine, DJ party One night and sorts. The story showcased real world where real people has real problem and how people would be naturally responding to them. The movie was extremely simple and so was the protagonist and the story itself too. But it was enough to touch my heart.

Good acting, good story, good visuals. To sum it all up, an absolutely beautiful movie. A good watch for those who are growing up toward becoming an adult. The movie could teach you a lesson or two.

Had this movie in my IMDB Watchlist for some time and now that I've seen the movie my only regret is how long it took me to watch. The story was superb, the acting was terrific, and the music outstanding. The two leads were terrific and Michelle Forbes was splendid as always.

If you haven't taken the time to watch, you should. It's a great movie from beginning to end. Although I'm probably out of the target age, I fully enjoyed the movie and it hit me in "the feels."

I'll for sure watch this movie a few more times as it's one that "gets me." Currently you can watch via Amazon Prime and I'm sure on other platforms.

Just watched this at 3 AM and wow, this movie really hits me. Good acting and nice storyline and it's def not one of those movies where you can predict the whole movie at the start. It also just really amazes me how this is finally one of those movies where it just really feels like it could happen in real life to any of us and not just some random made up story. So yeah, this movie is definitely an movie to watch, and although I'm not really that of an cry guy, this movie really hits and I really almost let one tear go. Also where he sings his own song for the girl and later on also for his mom it's just perfect. The song itself but also how he sings it, beautiful!