It needs to be smart and it tries to absorb the smarts by commandeering literary classics. That's part of the clunky dialogue conundrum. The breakdown of Jane Austen is simplistic and too broad while trying to be deeply literary. The dialogue is clunkier than a Ford Pinto but this movie has no possibility of exploding. The plot is slower than molasses and obvious as F. I'm guessing that this is 50 Shades for teen girls. Dread is the defining word for this movie. Her high school boyfriend isn't much better either and bookish Landon has no juice. He needs to dial down the hipster vibe and dial up the bad boy personality. The only meet-cute moment comes from the Great Gatsby difference. It's cringe-worthy how much I dread this movie going forward. Hardin is such a smirking British douche that it's impossible to root for this relationship. Langford is a beautiful girl but I would give her glasses to fit the role. She is pulled into their party world and the mysterious bad boy Hardin Scott (Hero Fiennes Tiffin). Her mother (Selma Blair) hates her new roommates. She is starting college and her simpleton boyfriend is still in high school. Tessa Young (Josephine Langford) is a good girl.
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