An honest, brave, and bracingly comic look at adolescence. Zoey Deutch stars as Erica, a minor eager to raise her pappy’s bail money, offers to exchange video evidence — footage of her engaging in sex acts, secretly recorded by two accomplices — for trips to various ATMs with her adult co-star. Enter a freshly-rehabbed future-stepbrother (Joey Morgan) who views life as a prolonged panic attack that comes to live with Erica and her mother played by force of nature Kathryn Hahn. If the mere thought of this premise acting as a springboard for aweless dark comedy offends, keep your nose far away from this Flower. Whether she’s bouncing on an arcade dance machine or an old man’s lap, Deutch embodies this all-American teen with a comic style and ferocity frequently lacking in today’s movies about kids. Writer-director Max Winkler’s characters change and adapt, but they never lose their vulgar edge. How can you not love a Flower that blooms into moments of unexpected tolerance such as this? (2018) — Scott Marks
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