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How to Be

Not Rated In Theaters 04/29/2009 , 85min.
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Officially an adult but locked into a perpetual phase of arrested development, an aimless twentysomething attempts to make sense of his go-nowhere life after being dumped by his girlfriend and forced to move back home with his parents. Art may still be far from mid-life, but no one can deny that he's having a crisis. When his attempts at establishing himself as a sensitive singer/songwriter fail, Art dips into his inheritance money in order to experiment with a variety of new-age therapies and hire an eccentric self-help guru. Gradually, Art begins to make sense of the dysfunctional relationship he shares with his frustrated parents, and understand the unique role he plays in his small but close-knit social circle.
  • MPAA Rating: Not Rated
  • Genre(s): Comedy,Drama
  • Run Time: 85min.
  • Theatrical Release Date: 04/29/2009
  • DVD Release Date: 11/17/2009
  • Distributor(s): How To Films
  • Director(s): Oliver Irving
  • Starring: Robert Pattinson , Rebecca Pidgeon , Jeremy Hardy , Powell Jones , Alisa Arnah
  • Themes: Twentysomething Life,Existential Crisis
  • Tone: Humorous,Talky,Witty,Wry
  • Keywords: coming-of-age,inheritance,self-discovery,singer/songwriter
  • Language: English
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