The Art of Getting By

The toughest lesson is love

A lonely and fatalistic teen has made it all the way to his senior year without ever having down a real day of work, He is befriended by a beautiful and complicated girl who recognizes in him a kindred spirit. With graduation day fast approaching, will she be able to turn him around and get him to do enough work to graduate, and will he be able to win her against the older competition?

84 minutes.
No persons under 13 (Language).
Drama.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

Do we really want to sleep together?

Credits

Cast	Freddie Highmore, Emma Roberts, Sasha Spielberg, Marcus Carl Franklin, Ann Dowd, Maya Ri Sanchez, Blair Underwood
Director	Gavin Wiesen
Screenplay	Gavin Wiesen
Music	Alec Puro
Cinematography	Ben Kutchins
Editing	Mollie Goldstein
Sound formats	Dolby
Made in	2011
Produced by	Goldcrest Pictures, Gigi Productions, Mint Pictures, Island Sound Productions, Atlantic Pictures

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Drama
Language	Occasional, moderate
Nudity	None
Sex	Mild, occasional
Violence	Domestic violence, moderate, infrequent
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	Alcohol and tobacco
Comments	None
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Hollywood Reporter A vapid coming of age story	5
Die Burger Jeanne Calitz Jog denker kort vuur, inspirasie	10
Cape Times David Germain Blank, predictable teen romance	5
Box Office Ray Geene Hollow but likable	5
ScreenIt T. Durgin This is anything but a Sundance sensation, ladies and gentlemen.	4
Metacritic.com 28 critics	7
Rottentomatoes critics 103 critics	8
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer A sitcom-level twee mess that bakes in the typical manic pixie dream girl and boring, withdrawn boy hero.	3
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	9
What the People say
Internet 1267 Netizens Asking the question, ''What's the point?'' But then doesn't deliver much	12
Average .. 34%	7