An Unlovable Character

Rating: 4/10 (1 July 2015)

I think I may turn off one movie in a hundred, and I rarely am tempted to review a film, but seeing the extremely high rating for this film, I thought the least I might do is warn people -- though, since I usually rely on IMDb to give a trustworthy rating to a film, I guess not many people are going to read what I have to say.
The main problem with this film is the main character. He is arrogant, not very bright, and inconsiderate of others. Watching a film about a jerk -- especially a long film that seems aimed at lionizing him -- is difficult. I love nature, am a big fan of Thoreau, and about as anti-establishment as anyone can be. Nevertheless, this kid is a moron. He tells his parents he thinks his grades will get him into Harvard Law -- but it is graduation time. Applications to Harvard would have been decided long before. So if this has any truth to it, he is being gratuitously cruel to give his parents false hope.
I watched in the hope that he might prove to have some depth. He had none. If it is true that his father had a role in making him sufficiently famous to get Hollywood's attention, I pity the poor man. If I was his father, I would have sued the studio for defamation.