New York Times March 12, 2020 "Big Time Adolescence" doesn’t have enough heart or humor to save it from becoming just another movie about white dudes bro-ing out.
This is a sweet and touching movie that makes perfect use of Pete Davidson and is far smarter than you might assume it to be.
Rolling Stone March 20, 2020 It’s a coming-of-age movie that relies on the cracked charm of its in-house boorish role model…and the usual storytelling beats.
TIME Magazine March 13, 2020 One of those small delights that’s designed mostly to make you laugh, though it ends in a place of inevitable wistfulness.
The Guardian March 13, 2020 There’s not much to Nancy Meyers assistant turned writer-director Jason Orley’s first-time feature but there’s just about enough...
Orley’s film isn’t terribly funny, its drama is muted, and its efforts at romance are, quite intentionally, thwarted. So all that&rsquo...
Thrillist February 1, 2019 Big Time Adolescence is something of a triumph for Davidson. It’s a modest, familiar movie, certainly, with themes about growing older a...
Crooked Marquee March 21, 2020 Orley is a funny but tricky writer, and in scene after scene, his ear for dialogue is just right – it’s natural but heightened, fun...
New York Post March 10, 2020 I imagine your age will be inversely proportionate to how quickly you start to find all of this upsetting.
film.avclub.com March 11, 2020 Big Time Adolescence is a debauched but heartfelt coming-of-age story about impressionable teenage boys and the imperfect male role models who...
Little White Lies February 1, 2019 The surprising melancholy of the film juxtaposed with the quick wit of Davidson does hint at something worthy in Orley’s vision, but it&rsquo...
Somewhat ironically, the main flaw with this earnest film built around a directionless character is its lack of a clear objective.
RogerEbert.com February 5, 2019 I’m eager to see what everyone here does next, including Orley and Gluck, but especially Pete Davidson.
There’s something magical about goony Pete Davidson in a grocery store asking, "Yo, bro, you have any pea shoots?" I can’t ex...
A bittersweet look at taking one’s idols off their pedestals.
Mashable January 30, 2019 The film is often funny but rarely uproarious, kinda sweet but not terribly touching. The life lessons it ultimately imparts are perfectly reasonab...
"Big Time Adolescence" isn’t bad, but it’s a trifle.
Mostly, the movie is memorable because of Davidson, who with his impish smirk, buggy eyes and short-sighted YOLO philosophy brings a rakish ch...
Vanity Fair January 31, 2019 It sings the most when Davidson is on-screen, shuffling around with his lanky gait, screwing things up with the best of intentions.
The script by writer/director Orley does have the guts to embrace a tougher-than-normal inevitable crash-and-burn, but the predictability outw...
indieWire February 1, 2019 A sturdy dramedy that makes up for its lack of depth in scrappy charm, and a willingness to admit that sometimes the best characters are ones...
RogerEbert.com March 13, 2020 Even when Big Time Adolescence starts to become ordinary, it always has a freshness from its on-screen talent, and from the promise of Orley&r...
If Big Time isn’t exactly a PSA for good adulting, it’s still an endearingly messy portrait of boyhood and manhood and all the les...
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