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Adult Life Skills

There's no badge for growing up

2016 · 1h 36m · N/A Comedy, Drama
Directed by Rachel Tunnard

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Anna is stuck: she’s approaching 30 and has just moved back to her rural home-town, and into a shed in her mother’s backyard. She spends her time working a menial job at a local boating center and hides in the depths of her imagination, making movies with her thumbs. Irritated by her childish behavior, Anna's mother insists that she move out of her shed and on with her life. When a troubled young boy starts hanging around, the two form an unlikely bond. Through their strange yet mutually beneficial friendship, Anna slowly begins to confront her perpetual state of arrested development.

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81%
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Fresh

Whittaker is real and likeable, and there are some very funny lines.

Cath Clarke, Time Out
Fresh

I can't imagine a person experienced with offbeat English-language films of the last ten years not seeing much that's familiar in Adult Life Skills, but it's a lovely movie with some very good performances and it makes some very good choices.

Linda Holmes, NPR
Rotten

A cheesy rehash of numerous stunted-adolescent dramedies.

Nick Schager, Variety

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