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Paper Towns

Movie · 2015 · 109 min

A gentle, wistful teen road trip that balances quirky humour with a quiet ache of longing and self-discovery.

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2015 film directed by Jake Schreier
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Year
2015
Runtime
109 min
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • love
  • friendship
  • isolation
Places
  • suburbs
  • road trip
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour5
Realism7
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

Details

Genres
comedy drama, romantic comedy, romance, teen, mystery
Directed by
Jake Schreier
Written by
Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber
Starring
John Green, Cara Delevingne, Ansel Elgort, Cara Buono, Nat Wolff, Austin Abrams, Justice Smith, Halston Sage
Music
John Debney
Cinematography
David Lanzenberg
Runtime
109 min
Country
United States
Languages
English

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