That's What I Am (2011) (original) (raw)
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Original title
That's What I Am
Year
2011
Running time
101 min.
Country
United States
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Genre
Comedy. Drama | Teen/coming-of-age. Friendship. 1960s. Schools & University
Synopsis
A coming-of-age story that follows 12-year-old Andy Nichol (Chase Ellison), a bright student who, like most kids his age, will do anything to avoid conflict for fear of suffering overwhelming ridicule and punishment from his junior high school peers. Everyone's favorite teacher, Mr. Simon (Ed Harris), pairs Andy with the school's biggest outcast and social pariah, Stanley, aka "Big G" (Alexander Walters) on a critical term project. Sporting thick orange hair, a head too big for his body and ears too big for his head, "Big G" has been the object of ridicule since grade school. Before long, Andy will learn that there was truly a method behind Mr. Simon's madness as to why he teamed these two up. As the story unfolds, Mr. Simon finds himself the target of a malicious rumor after Principal Kelner (Amy Madigan) suspends a school bully for brutally beating up a female classmate who he thinks has "cooties." When Andy watches "Big G" fearlessly confront the school bully...
Critics' reviews
- "A forgettable title and a barely there theatrical release don't do justice to the captivating and nostalgic coming-of-age dramedy 'That's What I Am.'"
- "Pavone evokes with feeling adolescence as a series of outlandish physical punishments and sweetly remembered firsts."
- "It's a dogged family entertainment determined to teach lessons about tolerance and how it should be extended to everyone, even redheads, gay people, and kids with cooties."
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