Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You (2012)
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9% of critics liked it
(11 reviews) -
39% of users liked it
(277 ratings)
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You is a heart warming, funny and passionate portrait of a confused New York teenager, James Sveck, played by up-and-coming star Toby Regbo, and his loving, eccentric and dysfunctional family. James's staunch non-conformism leads him to teenage mistakes that… More Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You is a heart warming, funny and passionate portrait of a confused New York teenager, James Sveck, played by up-and-coming star Toby Regbo, and his loving, eccentric and dysfunctional family. James's staunch non-conformism leads him to teenage mistakes that are hard to undo. He refuses to go to college, after being accepted at Brown, and is interested in nothing - barring visits to his enigmatic, free-spirited grandmother Nanette, played by Oscar winner Ellen Burstyn, the only one who seems to understand just how lost a restless 17-year-old can feel while trying to find himself in a confusing world. -- (C) Official Site
- Directed By
- Roberto Faenza
- Written By
- Roberto Faenza, Dahlia Heyman
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Oct 5, 2012 Limited
- On DVD
- Jun 4, 2013
- Studio
- Film Buff
Critic Reviews
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Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
This cliche-ridden coming of age story is as painfully awkward as its troubled teen protagonist.
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Neil Genzlinger, New York Times
Several kinds of excruciating.
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Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News
His pain may be useful to James someday, but to viewers, it's annoying right here and now.
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Chris Packham, Village Voice
These 2-D characters might as well be wearing T-shirts that say things like "Predatory College Professor" and "Self-Obsessed Father" on them.
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Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
The film is a pleasant watch, filled with nice little moments of comedy and tenderness, and optimistic about the fate of dreamers who happen to be a little slow out of the starting gate.
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Cast
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Toby Regbo
as James
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Marcia Gay Harden
as Marjorie
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Peter Gallagher
as Paul
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Lucy Liu
as Rowena
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Stephen Lang
as Barry Rogers
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Ellen Burstyn
as Nanette
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Deborah Ann Woll
as Gillian
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Aubrey Plaza
as Jeanine Breemer
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Gilbert Owuor
as John
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Dree Hemingway
as Rhonda
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Olek Krupa
as Henryk Maria
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Siobhan Fallon
as Mrs. Breemer
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Brooke Schlosser
as Sue Kenney
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Kyle Coffman
as Dakin
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Jonny Weston
as Thom
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Kate Kiley
as Mrs. Wright
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Christopher Mann
as Guard
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Rekha Elizabeth Luther
as Olivia
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Greg McFadden
as Waiter
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Dieter Riesle
as Man Visitor
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Rainer Judd
as Woman Visitor
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Amelia Workman
as Young Woman
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Peter Kim
as Funeral Waiter
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Sawyer Avery
as Jack
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Rhonda Jensen
as Sarah
