High IQ teenager Powey, estranged from her father (other priorities in his life Byrne) and struggling to find anyone or anything that matches her intellect is miserable and under a psychiatrist (kind hearted Lane) in NY at Christmas.

Yet another teenager searching for her place in the World tale, this isn't actually too bad. The first third is terribly false / contrived with the central character just needing a good smack in the mouth. As she starts to learn her life lessons, the tone, humour and story improve. The men she meets including her father do their predictable duties to the film and the ending is cute but to be expected. So overall ok and worth a look not least for another enjoyable turn from Powey.

Finding your way is not always the easiest thing to do. Of course that doesn't mean every movie about self discovery or about maturing will speak to all people. Obviously one other reviewer even had an issue with this being a festival film (as if the movie is to blame). But if you can look past labels and want an interesting story, this could be it.

It's not the best ever (though of course individual opinion can differ, subjective viewing and "baggage" one may have from previous experiences),but it's a nice drama and the acting is at least decent. There are some nice threads throughout the movie and the characters are likeable despite their obvious flaws. A light nice movie then ...

A better film than I thought. What I thought was seeing how it was received. It was based on the book of the same name, directed by a newcomer. A coming-of-age film, about a 19 year old smart girl, but struggling in the real world since finished her education. Particularly, she's having a trouble with her father in communicating. Not that she's incapable of blend in with the rest of the world, but she's preoccupied with what she's interested in. Now her therapist hints to make a list to accomplish things than the dull life according to him she's presently living on. During her attempt, what are all things she go through was told in the remaining narration.

Bel Powley was brilliant in the title role. It was more like a sequel to her previous film 'The Diary of a Teenage Girl'. Like it was the next stage of her story. Between adulthood and teenhood, at the edge of teenage. Apart from her, the rest of the cast was decent. I usually like this kind of films, but they are all same. Developed from the basic storyline that we are very familiar with. In that perspective, this is not an impressive film, especially if you have seen plenty. Even though not bad for watching it once. Since the characters, cast and settings differ, besides the presentation was good, it surely a nice film to watch alone in a lazy weekend. Probably under- appreciated, but definitely an under- noticed film of the year.

7/10