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Try Seventeen
- Director: Jeffrey Porter
- Writer: Charles Kephart
- Producer: Boaz Davidson; Mike Elliott
CGiii Comment
There once was a hobbit who had wet dreams, who moved into a house with a gun-wielding gay man, a crap actress and a moody German.
Cluttered with unnecessary fantasy sequences that seem to be more padding than substance.
It's the usual I-want-to-be-a-writer sort of thing - clumsy and really not that funny...but, quite unexpectedly, rather delightful in places.
Worth a peek.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
After 17-year-old misfit Jones Dillon (Wood) drops out of college on his first day, he moves into an old apartment building where he soon becomes entangled in the lives of his kooky new neighbors, including a temperamental photographer (Potente) and a self-absorbed aspiring actress (Moore). When he's not busy flirting with the ladies or learning to live on his own, would-be writer Jones divides his time between fending off queries from his alcoholic mother (Perkins), penning letters to an absentee father, and indulging in an overactive fantasy life. An auto accident forces a reality check, however, nudging Jones to grow up & decide what he really wants.
Cast & Characters
Elijah Wood as Jones;
Franka Potente as Jane;
Mandy Moore as Lisa;
Chris William Martin as Steve;
Deborah Harry as Ma Mabley;
Elizabeth Perkins as Blanche;
Aaron Pearl as Brad;
Aloma Wright as Alicia;
Andrew Jackson as Guy;
Malcolm Scott as Randy;
Frank C. Turner as Custodian;
Josh Byer as Skinhead;
Chad Faust as Tough;
Daniella Evangelista as Girlfriend;
Michael Roberds as Clerk