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  • 2024
  • PG-13
  • HBO Max
  • 1 h 51 m
  • 2024
  • PG-13
  • HBO Max
  • 1 h 51 m

Summary Turtles All the Way Down tackles anxiety through its 17-year-old protagonist, Aza Holmes (Isabela Merced). It's not easy being Aza, but she’s trying… trying to be a good daughter, a good friend, and a good student, all while navigating an endless barrage of invasive, obsessive thoughts she cannot control. When she reconnects with Davis (...

Directed By: Hannah Marks

Written By: John Green, Elizabeth Berger, Isaac Aptaker

  • 2024
  • PG-13
  • HBO Max
  • 1 h 51 m
  • 2024
  • PG-13
  • HBO Max
  • 1 h 51 m

Turtles All the Way Down

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
64
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings
6.3
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Summary Turtles All the Way Down tackles anxiety through its 17-year-old protagonist, Aza Holmes (Isabela Merced). It's not easy being Aza, but she’s trying… trying to be a good daughter, a good friend, and a good student, all while navigating an endless barrage of invasive, obsessive thoughts she cannot control. When she reconnects with Davis (...

Directed By: Hannah Marks

Written By: John Green, Elizabeth Berger, Isaac Aptaker

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Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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56% Positive
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Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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56% Positive
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44% Mixed
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85
May 6, 2024
Turtles has familiar John Green touchpoints — a gimmicky story setup, a teen romance, a quirky best friend — but it turns the story inward and pulls off a fantastic character exploration, one that feels like a gut-punch in its best moments.
By Petrana Radulovic FULL REVIEW
75
May 2, 2024
Marks’ “Turtles All the Way Down” shines with John Green’s trademark whimsy. It’s a charming, delightful YA romance that doesn’t bind itself to the sole enjoyment of its target market.
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Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings
6.3
38% Positive
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Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings
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38% Positive
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50% Mixed
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OzanDK
May 9, 2024
It's a good movie and surely worth watching. I think the actors (specially Aza) and writing/scenario were very good.
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royalguy07
May 9, 2024
Good, charming leads, one of the only movies set in Indianapolis ever as far as I can remember.
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70
May 1, 2024
Merced’s fine performance anchors the uneasy mood in a deeply empathetic character.
By Lovia Gyarkye FULL REVIEW
67
Apr 29, 2024
Scene by scene, Marks’ film plays like a traditional high school-set rom-com, but things take a turn as Aza’s illness becomes more obvious.
By Kate Erbland FULL REVIEW
60
May 2, 2024
What “Turtles” does offer in surplus is texture, thanks to Marks’s springy, stylish direction.
By Natalia Winkelman FULL REVIEW
60
Apr 29, 2024
The successes are in large part owed to Merced’s sensitive, grounded performance, her open face able to pass amusement, anxiety, self-loathing vitriol, panic attack and relief like quicksand. Her performance alone can absorb the film’s rougher edges, vaguer lines and dramatic whiffs, especially when assisted by a strikingly natural Cree.
By Adrian Horton FULL REVIEW
50
May 1, 2024
Execution isn’t the problem here—the acting, direction, editing, set design and costuming are all done well enough. It’s that these elements add up to something that doesn’t feel subversive at all, just vaguely aware of itself.
By Autumn Wright FULL REVIEW
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WatchinMovies
May 6, 2024
For a teen-age angst movie this wasn't bad. Aza had a story to tell and issues to spend the rest of her life addressing. Many of us don't address our issues, which is a shame. So, we'd give this movie: "go ahead and watch because it has a lot of friendship, concern, and love in it."
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alanpotter17
May 4, 2024
O excesso de reminiscências deixa claro que literatura é uma coisa, filme é algo completamente diferente, de modo que aqui as imagens são incapazes de traduzir os extensos e aborrecidos monólogos da personagem principal. E olha que gosto do elenco, mesmo com suas limitações, achei que não ficaram bobinhos. A produção de arte deixa a desejar, e os enquadramentos são bem feios, tudo muito mal dirigido. Ainda assim, é um filme com enorme potencial, pois difere mjuito bem da abordagem açucarada de filmes enlatados para adolescentes para falar num tom mais sério sobre questões de saúde mental, e o melhor, sem ser apelativo. John Green merecia um tratamento melhor, assim como fizeram no adorável "A culpa é das estrelas".
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Production Company Temple Hill Entertainment, New Line Cinema
Release Date May 2, 2024
Duration 1 h 51 m
Rating PG-13
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Tagline You are not your thoughts
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