But the real find here is Delevingne, an English actress who, with her subtly smoky voice and piercing gaze, makes the girl of Quentin’s fantasies a singularly charismatic presence, all the more so due to her limited screen time. Weber) and an actor (Nat Wolff) with Josh Boone’s adaptation of “ The Fault in Our Stars,” “Paper Towns” turns out to be the better movie - less tearjerking and more affecting, and populated by characters who are presented not as paragons of cancer-riddled virtue, but rather as flawed, ordinary young individuals who are touchingly vulnerable to the social pressures and sexual anxieties of contemporary teenage life. Wolff, who’s present in just about every scene, manages to hold the center as a young man who isn’t overly concerned about either standing out or fitting in, and whose behavior can often be as hesitant as it is impulsive. It may not subvert every cliche of the high-school romance genre, but director Jake Schreier’s coming-of-age dramedy nonetheless pulses with moving and melancholy moments as it follows a 17-year-old boy who spends an unforgettable night with the girl of his dreams, then decides to pursue her when she suddenly leaves town the next day. Although it shares several producers, a writing team (Scott Neustadter and Michael H. 'Obi-Wan Kenobi': Everything You Need to Know About the Disney+ Series The 15 Best Spy Movies, from 'Enemy of the State' to 'North by Northwest' 'Purple Hearts' Review: Netflix Gives Sofia Carson Her Own 'A Star Is Born' New Movies: Release Calendar for July 29, Plus Where to Watch the Latest Films Green specializes in both exploiting and undermining YA tropes - his Manic Pixie Dream Girls come with a dash of metatextuality - and “Paper Towns” walks the same delicate line. By and large, the first reviews praise “ Paper Towns,” especially Wolff’s performance, although they split on whether Delevingne manages to make her Margo more than a mesmerizing cypher. Weber - who after “(500) Days of Summer,” “The Spectacular Now” and the upcoming screen version of Green’s “Looking for Alaska,” are building a teen-love brand of their own - and directed by Jake Schreier, of the charming if little-seen Sundance entry “Robot & Frank,” the movie stars Nat Wolff and Cara Delevingne, the latter stepping up in her first major screen role. Written by “Fault” screenwriters Scott Neustadter and Michael H. YA author John Green has come in for some criticism on the Internet this week, but based on the first reviews of “ Paper Towns,” adapted from the “Fault in Our Stars'” author’s earlier novel, his personal brand remains unscathed.
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