The Art of Getting By: Press reviews

'A likeable debut from director Gavin Wiesen that will appeal to teens. And, my, hasn't that Freddie Highmore grown up.'

'You may find yourself touched, tickled and occasionally surprised. Mr. Wiesen, directing his first feature, has a brisk, unassuming style that mixes buoyancy and gravity in the right measure'

'It's a glib, smug movie, its smart, upper-middle-class Manhattan attractively photographed'

'A glossy fudge'

'MOR teen romance with a dash of inauthentic indie seasoning... Not funny, quirky, or particularly insightful.'

'Writer-director Gavin Wiesen piles on the coming-of-age clichés, and it doesn't help that his leading character has oddly middle-aged tastes.'

'The trembly acoustic soundtrack and the doe-eyed looks of Highmore ache with sensitivity but they didn't, alas, stop me from checking my watch.'

'the film buys into this little twerp's pseudo-intellectual angst, making full use of grainy handheld camerawork and earnest, sub-U2 wimp-rock songs to remind us how deep he is.'

'Highmore is too cherubic to convince and the appealing Roberts struggles in a thankless role.'

'Though woozily shot and well acted, embracing Gavin Wiesen's low-key coming-of-ager depends on whether you find its hero a self-important prick'