Paper towns | Movie Review

Age rating:  PG-13.

Genre: Adventure / Mystery / Romance.

Director: Jake Schreier.

Written by: Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber.

Author: John Green. 

Runtime: 109 minutes.

Release date: 17th of August 2015 (Ireland).

Actors: Cara Delevingne, Nat Wolf, Halston Sage, Austin Abrams, Justice Smith.

Rating: 3.5/5 stars.

Paper towns by best selling author John Green is a story about a boy named Quentin Jacobsen and his mysterious and confusing neighbour Margo Roth Spiegelman who loves mysteries so much she became one. Quentin has been in love with Margo ever since she moved beside him when they were kids, but as they grew up they separated and never spoke. But now, just before Prom they started talking once more. 

I haven't read Paper Towns so when I went and saw it in the cinema it was all new. One thing I picked up on was that there were a couple new names that I had never heard before like Quentin and (Margo Roth) Spiegelman. 

I wasn't that excited to see it, but still wanted to see what it was like. 

Once the movie began, like a lot of movies, I instantly thought Quentin and Margo would be together in the end. 

The nice thing about Paper Towns, I feel, is how the relationship between Quentin and Margo wasn't more important than the relationship between Quentin and his two best friends, Radar and Ben. 

I feel that Paper Towns is maybe even more about friendship than love. 

I liked Paper Towns, but I didn't love it. I found it very short like nothing too much happened through the whole film, minus the main plots. But one of my favourite parts in the whole movie was the road trip. I found it was fun and very teenagery? If that makes sense! 

I liked the characters over all, but I did think that we could use more back story on Margo. I know we got some, but I feel like it wasn't enough. 

The characters Ben Starling and Radar, who are Quentin's best friends, were two of the best characters for me. I felt like they brought a lot humour to the movie, Ben especially. They were alway there for Quentin and made right decisions at times were Quentin couldn't and was blinded by his love for Margo.

I didn't like Quentin and Margo that much. I didn't hate them, I just felt there wasn't a lot of information about them and they weren't as interesting.

I gave this movie 3.5/5 stars. I liked it but I thought it was a bit slow and not much happened. I know that a lot of people love it, but I just didn't like it that much. 

I would recommend this to anyone who likes mystery and friendship. Also for anyone who is looking for something fun and easy to follow to watch.