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#Drama #Family #Comedy

By Joseph Sanders

If youth is wasted on the young, Brenda & Eddie are accelerating that process.

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2 Reviews | 110 pages | 5 years ago | Draft 1
#coming of age #Eating disorders #drug abuse
Brenda hates her body. Eddie hates his life. The two intertwine and then completely repel each other, as this teen dramedy takes each of them on a wild ride.

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A coming of age stoner dramedy about two flawed high school teens struggling through insecurities, drug abuse and loss.
Okay. So, the writer shows promise in spurts throughout this very tonally uneven script. The first third of this feels like a teen, stoner, borderline coming of age comedy. Then, it takes a dark turn about 40 pages in where we find out that Brenda had sex with a 17 year old when she was 11. Then it turns to stoner movie again. And then Eddie's best friend gets killed -- which feels like a wet blanket being thrown over a light-hearted, teen comedy...
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A couple of high school friends embark on the adventure of a lifetime.
Honestly, I thoroughly enjoyed this script.

I loved how each character was well-thought out and near perfectly developed, and how I could relate to the two leads.

At times in the screenplay, it is very funny and relatable, and at other times in the screenplay it is very suspenseful and I was not sure what was going to happen next.

If this was going to be made into a real film, I would definitely go and pay money to see it.

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