Movie Review: The Art of Getting by. 3 stars

For Father's day my daughter took me to this movie which we both loved.   The lead is played by Freddie Highmore who did such a great job in the horrible movie August Rush (1 star).   This is a very well done "coming of age" story.  Slacker played by Freddie can't get his act together and if he doesn't he won't graduate high school.  He is befriended by one his A list classmates and their relationship is what the movie is all about.  Well done by all in this movie and a compelling story.   The slackers whining about his life as he lives in the upper west side of NY gets old real quick but the rest of the movie overcomes that slight.