Reviews for this film from our members:
- Dragan Antulov @ FAK [Croatian]
- Marina Antunes @ Row Three
- Jason Bailey @ Flavorwire
- Excerpt: Perhaps the most telling thing about ‘Paper Towns’ is how much better the film plays once Margo’s gone — because not only Quentin but also the author, screenwriters, and director (all men, BTW) see her so much more clearly as an idea than as a person.
- Nicholas Bell @ Ioncinema
- Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat @ Spirituality & Practice
- Excerpt: Another content-rich dramedy based on a bestseller by John Green.
- Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: has a couple of solid themes (taking risks, learning to look beyond initial and public perceptions), but this time around the YA material is weighted down by too much contrivance and leads who are frankly uninteresting. What it does have are supporting roles that enable many young newcomers…to shine.
- Mark Dujsik @ Mark Reviews Movies
- Excerpt: The other mystery is unspoken and unintentional: What is it about Margo that causes such a hullabaloo?
- James Jay Edwards @ FilmFracture
- Susan Granger @ www.susangranger.com
- Excerpt: Formulaic melodrama, appealing primarily to pre-teens or those who have never seen John Hughes’ angst-riddled comedic dramas.
- [New – 8/23/15] | MaryAnn Johanson @ FlickFilosopher.com
- Excerpt: Wants to debunking the myth and the mystery of the manic pixie dream girl… which it does by using a girl as an MPDG prop in the same old clichéd way.
- Jeremy Kibler @ The Artful Critic
- Excerpt: Wearing a true heart on its sleeve and in tune with how it feels to come of age, “Paper Towns” is sensitive, engaging and emotionally satisfying, notwithstanding a destination that can’t help but be a letdown. Even so, isn’t how we get there more important?
- Benjamin Kramer @ The Voracious Filmgoer
- Alan Mattli @ The Zurich English Student
- Excerpt: If pressed to choose between the sub-par source material and its issue-riddled adaptation, this reviewer would still go with the film.
- Pat Mullen @ Cinemablographer
- Excerpt: Paper Towns doesn’t bring the full-scale cheese of The Fault in Our Stars, nor does it inspire the same mass catharsis/hysteria, and while one appreciates the lack of sloppy cry-faces at the movies, this film lacks a spark.
- Stefan Pape @ HeyUGuys
- Jason Pirodsky @ Expats.cz
- Excerpt: Heartwarming, nostalgic – and utterly charming. At almost every step along the journey, the film feels entirely sincere.
- Jerry Roberts @ Armchair Cinema
- Excerpt: Paper Towns is one of the dumbest and most wrong-headed movies I’ve ever seen about teenagers, a movie with intentions that seem romantic but come off as horrifying. This isn’t about the lives of teenagers; it’s the shockingly light-hearted portrait of kids who commit several dozen misdemeanors all in the name of romance and free will.
- Frank Swietek @ One Guys Opinion
- Excerpt: Paper-thin…a meandering coming-of-age tale that comes across as a nostalgia trip for John Hughes devotees.
- Kent Turner @ School Library Journal
- Sarah Ward @ Concrete Playground
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