John Green, author of the best-selling book ‘The Fault in Our Stars’, surprises us with a new story; this time without low punches. The adaptation was in the hands of the director Jake Schreier, who succeeds in not using clichés on a classic teen movie.
The story has as a protagonist, Quentin (Nat Wolff), a teenager who is a few weeks away of finishing high school to begin an adult life in college.
Since he was a child, he has lived in the same neighborhood as Margo (Cara Delevigne), a mysterious girl who he has always been in love with but never found the opportunity to tell her everything he feels about her.
One night, Margo appears in Quentin’s room ad comes out with the idea of being partners in crime. She wants to take revenge of her friends who hurt her in the past.
He fell in love even more, but then Margo disappears again –as usual- leaving a series of clues for everyone to find her.
Quentin is really sure that the clues are for him and decides to make a 27-hour trip to find her before the prom ball. He is not alone; he is with his best friends: Ben and Radar.
The main theme could be finding Margo, but friendship becomes very important at this point.
It is very well achieved because it doesn’t have the typical clichés we are so used to seeing in teen movies.
In a film industry full of remakes, this movie has some really fresh things.
I recommend it if you want to see something different: it has good performances and the script is even better that the book.
Cielo Palavecino – 5th year
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