The Art of Getting By (2011)

Cast

Emma Roberts
as Sally Howe
Alicia Silverstone
as Ms. Herman
Freddie Highmore
as George Zinavoy
Michael Angarano
as Dustin

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Genres & Description

Action Drama Romance

6.6 / 10

Believing the quote that you are born alone, die alone and everything else is an illusion, George doesn't see the point of life, school, or homework. Then he meets Sally and he now has a reason to go to school and make friends, even if he's not ready to admit to himself or to her that he likes her. The school's principal and art teacher introduce him to an alumni, and successful artist, Dustin, who can help guide George along life's path, but other distractions start surfacing, and George might not even be able to graduate from high school.

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Comments on this trailer
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Spencer Ford

She definitely looks like Ivanka Trump - @Wednesday, November 28, 2018 4:59 PM

Vivi Kal

NORMAN BATES!!! - @Sunday, November 11, 2018 12:50 PM

Dianne Alex Tecson

what is the meaning of cut rarely to preserve the specialness - @Saturday, November 10, 2018 12:12 PM

C P

I love the movie 😍😍 - @Saturday, October 20, 2018 5:19 PM

Kath TManzaba

Otra vez juntos, como en Nerve :3 💕 - @Tuesday, August 21, 2018 10:54 PM

violadash

he still has a babyface. he will always be august rush - @Thursday, August 2, 2018 7:56 PM

varun santhosh

Freddie Highmore is really cool. - @Monday, July 30, 2018 1:53 PM

Assane Momade Amade

that's...great movie, so amazing..... i just loved the movie. awesome... - @Sunday, July 29, 2018 11:17 AM

Sabrina Samsuddin

started watching the movie found it boring.. was the trailer now i know the entire story.. dont need to watch the boring movie anymore.. - @Thursday, July 5, 2018 7:35 AM

sadgasm /

this is the worst movie in the world - @Wednesday, June 27, 2018 2:19 PM

Tom Bradbury

Some great tracks in this movie which i'd never heard before. - @Friday, June 1, 2018 8:00 AM

nolanception

I wish I saw this movie when I was in high school. I was exactly like the main character - @Wednesday, May 30, 2018 8:53 PM

saina subtle

Helped me a lot at bad times - @Wednesday, May 30, 2018 8:00 PM

Parth Rachchh

Edit : The fucking movie was a love story had so much high expectations. LIFE IS MEANINGLESS. The thing is very simple there is nothing in this world that can give us meaning the only thing unites us is war the constant feeling of the bad thing. There are people who misuses energy, food, water, land, money , and everything related to humans and the humans itself because if everybody know about the truth of the money the truth of abundance of resources they will stop caring about caring about the 1 percent of people who can do anything they want and get away with it because humans are like animals when put in danger like a fight or flite response its all clear you can control a animal you can cage it you can mislead it all the thing you cant do to human or so we call ourselves "INTELLIGENT SPECIES" There are people who thing that own good is batter then greater good controlling the things we like the most is cool 😎 like food water and a roof on my head I feel meaningless living the life of a species who thing holding something that government thing is not cool or big companies thing will drop down there profit is a good thing is a crime pit someone in a cell or jail for the things he did that did not hurt anyone why because they can its like if we have war we have profits its not about some sacred resources anymore its just fun to make someone so miserable that they dont have time to think about the world as it realy is aorry for bad English. - @Friday, March 2, 2018 9:05 PM

Cesar Garza

Should I even fucking watch anymore - @Monday, February 26, 2018 6:17 AM

Wowie Quilar

My best budd suggested this movie. Its one of his favorites ;) - @Thursday, February 15, 2018 11:33 AM

Endriu 5

Norman... Mother?? - @Monday, January 29, 2018 11:26 PM

Marianne

Why trailers don't do justice for good movies? - @Thursday, January 25, 2018 2:05 PM

Tiernan McVeigh

I wanted to watch see if this was any good. It was a short but ok movie at 2 minutes and 22 seconds. The trailer must have been at 10 seconds! - @Sunday, January 21, 2018 12:07 AM

swastee baral

Oh fuck The movie was good Like real good ....... 🖒 - @Monday, January 8, 2018 4:10 PM

paulina sia

charlie's gone batty! - @Sunday, December 31, 2017 11:06 AM

Rainbowglimpse

Hey it's the guy from The Good Doctor! - @Thursday, December 28, 2017 11:36 PM

Chelsey Hannah

nice I love emma roberts - @Thursday, December 28, 2017 5:38 PM

kitby11

pinche puta hija de su chingadamadre me kgo la peliucla la kbrona osea el wey estaba perfectamente bien antes de conocer a la desgracida y esta puta decide entrar en su vida enamorlo y al final lo bota la muy puta y se va con el amigo, cual era la necesidad de ser tan cruel con el, porque vergas le da alas y luego se las corta - @Monday, November 13, 2017 5:27 PM

Abin simkhada

is he august rush?? - @Wednesday, October 25, 2017 9:28 AM

Be like Bruh

Is this movie worth? - @Tuesday, October 24, 2017 8:59 AM

It was a logical ruse

Yes it's hard to look at him and only see Norman, but it feels more like I can only see Peter from finding Neverland 😂 Or Arthur tbh - @Monday, October 2, 2017 11:19 AM

Yaz Baby

his personality i feel is the same in every movie, quirky, smart, articulate, outcast - @Monday, August 28, 2017 8:39 AM

jakob duarte

norman bates! - @Friday, August 11, 2017 5:42 AM

pam ko

Alright, I've watched this movie twice . The second time I watched it was because I wasn't sure I had done so before, but the story was either too predictable that I remembered what was going to happen next or I had watched it again and hadn't paid much attention to it. The thing is, even after watching it indeed ( 😛 ) , I still haven't kept the details of the story. I remember the main plot and the end but that's it. And that's pretty weird for me cause I have watched uncountable movies up to now but I always remember every detail of them. The point is, I found this movie way too cliché and it truly didn't touch me at all. It is a nice movie to spend your evening, though, so I suggest you give it a try if you want something enjoyable I guess, but don't expect something special. - @Monday, August 7, 2017 9:24 AM

Geek With Glasses

2 broke girls theme song anyone - @Thursday, July 20, 2017 1:21 AM

Zu,an 15

What is the song? - @Monday, July 17, 2017 2:59 AM

Savannah Green

why is the 2 broke girls theme song playing 😂😂 - @Monday, June 26, 2017 7:11 AM

không êđcm

his hair looks awsome by the way - @Sunday, June 4, 2017 4:01 AM

Mandip Cheema

they just don't make movies like this anymore *sigh* - @Friday, June 2, 2017 6:59 PM

Josh Ray

I watched this 3 years ago and watching this trailer now made me realize how this film pretty much foreshadowed the existential frick that i am - @Thursday, June 1, 2017 9:17 AM

Linh Nguyễn

I thought i was watching 2 broke girls because of the song is played at the first of trailer - @Wednesday, May 31, 2017 4:57 PM

David Medina 2000

Freddie Highmore is a phenomenal actor! He's mostly known to appear in some shitty films, but his performances will always be awesome😎 - @Sunday, May 28, 2017 12:30 PM

Alice Riobueno

Does anyone knows the name of the song that starts at 1:33? - @Monday, May 15, 2017 4:35 PM

Hannah Byrne

What is the music in this trailer ???? - @Saturday, May 6, 2017 1:43 AM

Literally No one

this movie made me feel like ??? the whole time - @Monday, April 3, 2017 7:32 PM

Kai Evans

I love trailers like this. it saves me time from watching the whole movie - @Thursday, March 30, 2017 12:39 AM

Sara Alaoui

Wait August I thought you were into music so now painting and drawing is your new thing hein - @Sunday, March 19, 2017 8:17 AM

player4351785527

an interesting movie for people who don't fit in - @Monday, March 13, 2017 6:27 AM

burner burning u

he is a musical prodigy and artist - @Monday, March 13, 2017 12:59 AM

Chaerul Imam

omg the song reminds me of 2 broke girls - @Tuesday, March 7, 2017 12:09 PM

Farah

I didn't like them as a couple. :/ - @Friday, March 3, 2017 10:14 AM

LEZB HONEST

August Rush:) - @Thursday, March 2, 2017 3:34 AM

Nihilist

I can't see how the feminists would like this with a cliche ending of the girl coming back to the guy who just graduated and has his whole life now mapped out and she is now the wayward drifter and only there as his sex toy whilst he studies through art college. Its ironic that millennial women constantly chase millennial men in movies is that the same in real life because its hypocritical since women always say they are independant and would never give up their lives or careers for any man so millennials are a joke to themselves unless feminism is dying with millennials. - @Monday, February 20, 2017 6:08 PM

CM Pacc

I feel like I've just seen the entire movie in this trailer already. - @Friday, February 17, 2017 2:04 AM