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Almost Friends (2016)

Almost Friends poster
Directed by
Jake Goldberger
Genre
comedy film, comedy drama
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 41m
Rated
10
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 258 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A college dropout moves back home and tries to figure out his life while dealing with his unreliable father. He develops a crush on a young woman who is in a relationship and about to leave for college.

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What happens

Almost Friends is a 2016 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Jake Goldberger. The film stars Freddie Highmore, Odeya Rush, Haley Joel Osment, Christopher Meloni, and Marg Helgenberger. College drop out Charlie, who moved back home, is struggling to discover who he really is as he deals with an irresponsible father and has a crush on Amber, a young woman who already has a boyfriend and is soon leaving for college. The film premiered on October 14, 2016, at the Austin Film Festival. It was released in North America on November 17, 2017, by Gravitas Ventures and Orion Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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