In the romantic film Crazy/Beautiful, two characters Nicole (Kirsten Dunst) and Carlos (Jay Hernandez) fall deeply in love, but encounter an obstacle that can hurt both of them. Nicole is a party girl who likes to go out, drink, skip school, etc. while Carlos is an intelligent athlete who sees his future clearly. They meet and immediately attracted one another, but Nicole's father doesn't like that fact that Nicole finds someone who is ahead in life because he feels she will only distract and ruin him.
The reviewer writes, in order to get his point across,
"she lives in Malibu, he lives in the barrio, and when she gets him into trouble and he's assigned to detention, he's angry: "I'm bused two hours both ways. If I wanted to screw up, I'd do it in my own school and get a lot more sleep." Nicole is self-destructive and parties with the wrong crowd; perhaps because Carlos uses his intelligence and has goals, he represents not just a cute guy, but a self that she lost along the way."
Roger Ebert feels this movie will touch every teen in one way or another because it's a real life issue teens and their parents encounter.
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Nice post, but it could be improved by writing a lead-in for the quote. Use a phrase like "The reviewer writes..." or, even better, something like "One place where we can see the reviewer's opinion is when he/she says..." This will make your transition work more smoothly!
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