It was way too formulaic and flat for me. And I don't care about tired puberty struggles or vacuous quasi-romance. Lacked dimension and edge IMHO. I wondered why the movie received universal praise from critics...I was hoping that he had gone in a slightly different direction. I didn't hate it as much as The Darjeeling Limited, but I nearly fell asleep! Also, I heard some pseudo intellectual conversation about CGI going on behind me and watched an abysmal trailer for the Great Gatsby before the film. Didn't help. I was thinking the whole time that I'd be in a better place watching this TLJ/Wuhl classic on VHS:
