“But, hey, that’s her story to tell.”

From Paper Towns.

While Quentin (Nat Wolff) and Margo (Cara Delevingne) have been friends since childhood, despite having few familiarities, Quentin has often found himself stuck on the outside of Margo’s popular life.  While Quentin was shy and followed the rules, Margo lived a life full of risk and adventure, which made Quentin fall in love with her more and more.  Now looking forward to graduating, Quentin hardly even talks to Margo anymore and instead spends his time with best friends Ben (Austin Abrams) and Radar (Justice Smith).  However, Quentin’s life is forever changed when Margo shows up outside his window one night asking for his help on a revenge mission.  Unable to resist the opportunity to spend time with his lifelong crush, Quentin agrees to help Margo on a night filled with crazy and slightly-illegal fun.  Hopeful for a rekindled friendship, Quentin is excited to see Margo the next day in school, but Margo is nowhere to be found… literally.  Margo has run away, and while her parents and friends don’t consider this anything out the ordinary for her, Quentin knows that something is different and that he needs to find whatever clues Margo left behind so he can find her.  After finding some of Margo’s clues and desperate to find her, Quentin takes his mom’s minivan to race from Florida to the found-only-on-paper town of Agloe, New York.  Refusing to miss out on the adventure, Ben, Radar and his girlfriend, Angela (Jaz Sinclair), and Margo’s ex-best friend, Lacey (Halston Sage), join Quentin’s cross county journey.  Driving, bonding, loving, and fighting as they drive to New York, Quentin and his friends discover what it really means to grow up together on their unforgettable adventure.

This movie adaptation of John Green’s bestselling novel manages to stay fairly close to the original story, but it also works hard to stand strong on its own merit.  Delevingne and Wolff are both perfectly cast as the elusive Margo and timid Quentin, respectively.  The ending might be somewhat disappointing for certain viewers, but overall, Paper Towns is a memorable adventure about growing up.

| Rated: PG-13 | Running Time: 113 minutes |Genre: drama/romance/mystery |

||Family Viewing||Cursing: 3 of 10|Nudity: 1 of 10|Sexuality: 0.5 of 10|Gore: 1 of 10

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