Slice of life, coming of age story about a fat 15 year old that just doesn't have enough in it to push it into the tier of really good movies.
Jacob Wysocki plays Terri, the titular character, he lives with his uncle who seems to be suffering from a bit of dementia, eats beans on toast a lot, and goes to school in his pajamas because that's what most comfortable to him.
It's a good movie, and although he's wise for his age, the film gives Terri enough flaws to really humanize him.
The story is sort of just there though. John Reilly is pretty good as the principal who can see, through all his odd quirks, brought on mostly by his weight and lack of self confidence, the potential in Terri. Not that I need or want everything to be wrapped up nicely, but it just didn't seem like the time spent in the movie went anywhere but the time spent in the movie, if that makes any sense.
There's some good stuff with Terri and a couple of friends and coming of age stuff, and the way he deals with his uncle, played by Creed from The Office is pretty sharp as well.
Really solid little film that feels like it could have been bigger.
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