We continue our series going through the entire catalog of A24’s films. On this episode we are looking at 2013’s The Spectacular Now, directed by James Ponsoldt. The film is a coming of age romantic drama about Sutter, played by Miles Teller, who despite being popular has no direction in his life and showing signs of being a burgeoning alcoholic. He meets Aimee, played by Shailene Woodley, who seems to have her life together but isn’t quite out going enough as she falls for Sutter. Joining Dakota and Rachel is Brodie Cotnam, a screenwriter and author. He wrote the book Reality TV and Crack: A User’s Guide to an Utterly Useless Existence… and can be heard on The 4th Line Podcast.Our double bill pairings include Edge of Seventeen, 500 Days of Summer and The Way Way Back.
If you haven’t heard our deep dive into the origins of A24, listen to episode 108: A History of A24 Films and our last episode in this series 172: A24 Retrospective – The Bling Ring.
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