Big Time Adolescence

16-year-old Monroe "Mo" Harris (Griffin Gluck) is escorted out of class by a police officer. When Mo was younger, his older sister Kate dated her classmate Isaac "Zeke" Presanti (Pete Davidson). Even after she broke up with him, Zeke and Mo remained close friends, despite their age difference. Mo's parents, Reuben and Sherri, allow Mo to continue hanging out with Zeke despite their concern about Zeke's influence. Zeke, now 23, works a dead-end job and spends most of his time smoking marijuana and drinking. Mo spends his free time with Zeke, his friends, and Zeke’s girlfriend Holly, rather than anyone his own age. Zeke helps Mo acquire drinks for a senior party after being invited by fellow sophomore Stacey, and gives Mo some weed to sell there. This earns Mo credibility among the seniors at the party. Seeing his classmate Sophie there, they exchange numbers after he strikes up a conversation with her. Mo later takes Sophie out on a dinner date for sushi before taking her back to Zeke's place to hang out. They drink, and before Sophie leaves, she and Mo kiss. This earns him the nickname "Tongue Daddy" from his friends, which Zeke tattoos onto Mo's chest. The next night Mo comes home accidentally stoned after being in a hot boxed car with Zeke, right before a family dinner. His father Reuben (Jon Cryer) realizes this and sees his tattoo, resulting in Mo being grounded and forbidden from hanging out with Zeke... Big Time Adolescence received positive reviews from film critics. Rotten Tomatoes critical consensus reads, "Funny, heartfelt, and brought to life by a smartly assembled ensemble, Big Time Adolescence finds fresh pleasures in the crowded coming-of-age genre." Brian Lowry of CNN criticized Davidson's performance, stating, "Pete Davidson doesn't exactly stretch much as a performer." In the same article, Lowry praised Gluck's performance. (Via Wikipedia) "Big Time Adolescence" is more or less a classic coming-of-age story, nothing new really, but with the punch that Mo's best friend is Zeke, his older sister Kate's former classmate and boyfriend. A man child that works at a dead-end job and spends most of his time smoking marijuana and drinking. The laughs are few and the former Saturday Night Live member Pete Davidson can´t carry this film and he is to be honest not a strong acting card. Jon Cryer´s presence doesn't help either. "Big Time Adolescence" flatlines pretty quick and never recovers in my book.

I actually really enjoyed this movie, Pete Davidson was constantly funny through out, you end up kind of feeling bad for his character even though he's a "bad guy". Also, depicts what drugs & alcohol do to your life, even if you're not using them, you will become a loser if you associate yourself with losers.

It was the greatest movie I’ve ever seen

slightly better "King of Staten Island"

ITS SO HEARTWARMING AND SO GENUINE, LITERALLY SO GOOD

Pete Davidson cool as always ❣️

I watched the trailer and interviews months prior to being able to watch it. I signed for Hulu just to watch it . Pete is very charming but plays tye cool loser so well. I really enjoyed the plot something different fir a change. The teen boy who becomes friends with an older guy who gets him mixed up selling drugs at parties. No hun fights, no big drug dealers involved just as lighthearted as something like this can be. A bromance that is fun but ultimately unhealthy.

Solid typical Pete Davidson shtick, basically him playing himself again in a coming of age drama. Entertaining enough.

i have trouble liking coming-of-age movies because more often times than not i just can't relate to them. i feel like Pete Davidson pretty much just plays himself & i'm not really a fan to begin with so that also didn't help. i wouldn't recommend this one.

Big Time Adolescence had a shocking amount of heart to it and was well paced but the story overall felt a little incomplete. Still though, it's definitely a good, light hearted watch that I think would appeal to a wide array of audiences.