twenty-seven years and one million words
Two high school nerds attempt to throw a party. This involves such unprecedented activities as buying alcohol and talking to girls. Their evening becomes quite a mess, but it's done in a way that feels authentic despite the extent of the craziness. Very strong performances from the leading and supporting cast keep it watchable despite covering some well-worn ground.
Recommended.
It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat.
—Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.