Instead what we got was largely a coming-of-age drama, the core story of which spoke as loudly as the sharp cinematography.

Striking coming-of-age drama set by the British seaside and with a decidedly dark edge.

Everybody expected good things from this $6 million coming-of-age movie.

It is a poignant teenage coming-of-age movie, too.

Tell that to the thousands likely to be nostalgic for the coming-of-age movie they saw when they were young.

I was losing myself to the new middle youth devotees and was in danger of becoming a caricature from a cheesy coming-of-age movie.

But this 1980s-set coming-of-age movie is sharper, wittier and more satisfying than his previous movie.

It's a coming-of-age story, a buddy movie and a fantastical adventure.

It's a coming-of-age story, a mismatched buddy movie and a fantastical adventure.

I think it best fits a classic first-novel subgenre: the coming-of-age story.

This is a beautiful and poignant coming-of-age story, as well as a tense and honest portrait of the ups and downs of friendship and being an adolescent.

Their Jane is a coming-of-age story.