This film is icky, bizarre, and unfocused but that's all negated by sheer infectiousness. It's more about capturing the fun of prolonged adolescence in a certain place and time, than it is focused on a series of linear events. The film oozes nostalgia in the same way that most of us can relate to: How a song from that summer we came of age resonates with us a thousand times more than the latest top 40 single or how a certain food might remind us of our late grandmother's cooking.
The film rides the coattails of two larger-than-life personalities in Gary and Alana. Gary is a former child actor that his C- looks don't prevent him from hitting on women ten years his senior or opening businesses. The object of his affection is an aimless Jewish woman who has a part-time job is photographing student IDs at his school. She's well-aware that she lives in a society where a 25-year-old can't date a 15-year-old but they form a make shift friendship that eventually turns into something pseudo-romantic and definitely codependent.
While Gary is clearly a doer, Alana is a counterpart in that she reacts to him with a filter for his BS. There are also a number of other colorful figures though they're mostly just passing flickers to the two main characters. Those who think Sean Penn and Brad Cooper might be big presences in the film based on the posters should note that they're more like cameos.
The film rides the coattails of two larger-than-life personalities in Gary and Alana. Gary is a former child actor that his C- looks don't prevent him from hitting on women ten years his senior or opening businesses. The object of his affection is an aimless Jewish woman who has a part-time job is photographing student IDs at his school. She's well-aware that she lives in a society where a 25-year-old can't date a 15-year-old but they form a make shift friendship that eventually turns into something pseudo-romantic and definitely codependent.
While Gary is clearly a doer, Alana is a counterpart in that she reacts to him with a filter for his BS. There are also a number of other colorful figures though they're mostly just passing flickers to the two main characters. Those who think Sean Penn and Brad Cooper might be big presences in the film based on the posters should note that they're more like cameos.