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"It’s a smart film that ends up also being surprisingly moving."

"Raiff has created something that feels too primed to please and too eager to be loved..."

"(It) has some very 1990s vibes (not in a good way)..."

"It’s got all the narrative scope and self-awareness of a self-insert fanfic published on Blogspot."

"(Raiff is) too enamoured with his own character to realise that he’s often the least interesting person in the room."

"(An) effortlessly funny and endlessly forgiving mash note to anyone who’s struggled to reconcile the life they got with the one they imagined for themselves..."

"Raiff and Johnson’s performances turn (the film) into something irresistible and lovely."

"Autistic actress Vanessa Burghardt is marvellous in her first feature role, and her quiet bonding scenes with Raiff are among the film’s most touching."

"This is one case where it’s hard to unlink the character’s self-regard from the filmmaker’s."

"A smartly constructed, amiably appealing coming-of-age... (with) enough sharp edges to transcend the more familiar outlines of the script."