This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes