At 104 pounds dripping wet, baby-faced sophomore Michael Peck (age 15) is not exactly the coolest guy at American High. Peck’s teachers make him feel like an idiot, his classmates make him feel like a geek and his home life is just as bad, with parents who schedule family time in their planners and require him to sign contracts with them about his extra-curricular activities.
Acting
Keir Gilchrist's painfully authentic awkwardness.
Writing
Contracts with parents? Unhinged but real.
Costume
Peak 2009 aesthetic, unfortunately.
Director
Michael A. Nickles
Keir Gilchrist
Michael Peck
Brie Larson
Emily Donaldson
Marcia Cross
Cheryl Peck
Adam Arkin
Michael Peck
Camryn Manheim
Ms. Wood
Kyle Kaplan
Geiger
Tiya Sircar
Becca
Don McManus
Mr. Trustman
Tom McGowan
Mr. Kuhner
John Prosky
Dr. Lipschitz
Molly Hagan
Ms. Sears
Martin Spanjers
Marty Binkman
Justin Lee
Jun
Hayley Holmes
Annie
Drew Tyler Bell
Cooper
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Keir Gilchrist filmed this right before his breakout in It's Kind of a Funny Story, cementing his reign as cinema's favorite anxious teen.
This quietly predicted the 'sad teen boy' indie boom that Tumblr would obsess over by 2012.
US
