Expected more

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

This film tells the story of a very protective mother who home schools her son. Her son decides to meet friends by going to a public school.Though the film is fun and light hearted, the idea of having such a protective and controlling mother really disturbs me. Judy Greer does a good job as the mother, and Daniel Doheny is great as a shy young man. Overall, if the mother is less freakishly and disturbingly controlling, I would have liked it more.

Three stars for three laughs and for how the movie sheds light on how terrible of an idea homeschooling is. It seems to ruin kids, like how this movie ruined an hour of my life. I decided to take my dog for a walk instead of watching the editing with the one-legged girl character who had a plastic personality, not just a plastic limb. I didn't feel anything here, just that fleeting laugh that comes from a bad attempt to try to "get something" from a movie that has little to get from.

The only person more socially awkward then Liam is his mom, but watching his mom project on him is just cringingly funny. I loved this movie

This is a story of the relationships between Liam, a teen genius, Claire, his smothering mother / homeschool teacher / best friend infinity, and Anastasia, the girl of his desire. While at a high school to write his high school equivalency exams, he spies Anastasia, and deliberately fails in order to force his mother to let him attend public school.Raised in a social bubble, Liam has trouble navigating school and taking advantage of opportunities with Anastasia. Meanwhile, Claire tries to keep Liam from drifting away by teaching him how to be a rebellious teen.The characters are well-written, if somewhat over-the-top. One oddity is that the director uses a 1990s vibe, even if the teens busily text each other, while friendless Liam has not attempted to find online friends either.