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Terri

Play trailer Poster for Terri R,  2011,  1h 45m,  Comedy/ Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 88% 96 Reviews Tomatometer 61% 5,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
88% Tomatometer 96 Reviews 61% Popcornmeter 5,000+ Ratings
Bullied and withdrawn, a large teen (Jacob Wysocki) finds a support system with other school misfits after a vice principal (John C. Reilly) brings him in for counseling.
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Embodied with compelling sensitivity by newcomer Jacob Wysocki and supported by a wonderful John C. Reilly, Terri is an emotionally powerful character study.

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Dan Sullivan Film Comment Magazine Nov 5, 2013
Whereas Jacobs pre has been most concerned for the past four decades with using cinema as an instrument for exploring the mechanics and boundaries of visual perception, Jacobs fils is less a mad scientist than a misfit bard. Go to Full Review
Alonso Duralde TheWrap Oct 7, 2011
Lest you think that you've already seen every possible variation on the outsider-nerd story, Terri keeps plenty of surprises up its pit-stained sleeves. Go to Full Review
Rick Groen Globe and Mail Aug 19, 2011
3/4
Jacob Wysocki infuses his performance in the title role with precisely that same duality, turning Terri into an oversized portrait of adolescence -- so naive yet so wise, strangely believable and believably strange. Go to Full Review
Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Sep 26, 2020
3.5/4.0
Absolutely wonderful. Go to Full Review
Debbie Lynn Elias Behind The Lens Nov 16, 2019
Touching the heart and warming the soul, Terri is a soft-spoken story of hope and joy that makes the ordinary extraordinary. Go to Full Review
Kelly Jane Torrance Washington Examiner Jan 8, 2019
4/5
[Writer-director Azazel Jacobs] clearly has an eye and an ear for the confused rhythms of human life. Go to Full Review
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Azazel Jacobs

Director

Jacob Wysocki

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John C. Reilly

Mr. Fitzgerald

Creed Bratton

Uncle James

Bridger Zadina

Chad

Olivia Crocicchia

Heather

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Synopsis Bullied and withdrawn, a large teen (Jacob Wysocki) finds a support system with other school misfits after a vice principal (John C. Reilly) brings him in for counseling.
Director
Azazel Jacobs
Producer
Alison Dickey, Hunter Gray, Lynette Howell Taylor, Alex Orlovsky
Screenwriter
Patrick deWitt
Distributor
ATO Pictures
Production Co
Live Free or Die Films, Periscope Entertainment, Silverwood Films, Verisimilitude, Venture Forth, KnowMore Productions
Rating
R (Sexual Content|Language|All Involving Teens|Some Drug and Alcohol Use)
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 1, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 3, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$653.6K
Runtime
1h 45m
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