No one is going to mistake The Late Bloomer for great cinema, that’s for sure. It’s only mildly amusing at times (thanks largely to the supporting cast) but it has a sweet heart and wants you to feel for the characters, at least most of them. To recap, the story follows Peter Newmans (Johnny Simmons), … Continue reading After the Campaign: The Late Bloomer
MMM Recap: 10/7/16 New Releases
The Late Bloomer OK, nothing too innovative or groundbreaking here. The studio knows it has a sophomoric sex comedy on its hands and so is doing what it can to lean into that. So the campaign plays up the juxtaposition of all of these life events that are totally normal at 12 or 13 years … Continue reading MMM Recap: 10/7/16 New Releases
Movie Marketing Madness: The Late Bloomer
Charlie (Paul Wesley) is a successful motivational speaker with a best-selling book and a series of seminars around the topic of redirecting sexual energy in The Late Bloomer. He seems to have no interest in sex and so, because he doesn’t fit into a societal stereotype, people assume he’s gay, though he’s not. He … Continue reading Movie Marketing Madness: The Late Bloomer
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