Growing Up Smith (Good Ol' Boy) 2017 Watch Free in HD

In 1979, an Indian family moves to America with hopes of living the American Dream. While their 10-year-old boy Smith falls head-over-heels for the girl next door, his desire to become a 'good old boy' propels him further away from his family's ideals than ever before.

Genre:

Drama, Comedy, Family

Actors:

Jason Lee, Anjul Nigam, Brighton Sharbino, Hilarie Burton, Roni Akurati, Poorna Jagannathan, Samrat Chakrabarti, Shoba Narayan, Jake Busey, Tim Guinee, Alison Wright, ...»

Director:

Frank Lotito

Country:

United States

Release:

2017

IMDb:

6.7

Quality:

Duration:

102 min

New York Times

The film has accidental topicality now with the debate over immigration swirling, but you don't need to burden it with politics to be touched by its tale of a child who is pulled by two very different cultural worlds.

February 02, 2017

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NYC Movie Guru

Warm, tender and heartfelt. A funny, witty and crowd-pleasing delight! More powerful than Lion!

February 03, 2017

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Hollywood Reporter

A crowd-friendly immigrant's tale painted with a thick coat of '70s nostalgia.

February 03, 2017

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Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Lee provides the kind of welcome down-to-earth good-old-boy charm he used in TV's My Name is Earl and Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous.

April 28, 2017

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Cleveland Plain Dealer

This immigrant clash-of-generations set-up risks falling into cliché, and sometimes does, but director Frank Lotito and the screenwriters find enough specificity and comedy in Smith's dilemma to keep the genial, family-friendly story afloat.

March 30, 2016

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Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com

The film feels like an extended episode of The Wonder Years, if that '60s-set series had served a little chicken tikka masala and cross-cultural understanding with its white bread and pop hits.

February 01, 2017

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Salt Lake Tribune

The joys and pains of childhood are familiar across all cultures -- and, as the cloying comedy Growing Up Smith demonstrates, hackneyed variations on The Wonder Years also are universal.

May 04, 2017

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Chicago Daily Herald

Growing Up Smith possesses a big heart, features a funny and engagingly sincere performance by Lake Zurich's Roni Akurati, and offers an ending that swaps easy sentiment for the hard-earned kind.

February 02, 2017

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Los Angeles Times

A strained cross between broad, culture-clash comedy and wistful coming-of-age tale, "Growing Up Smith" is a well-intentioned fizzle that misses what should have been an easily reachable mark.

February 09, 2017

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