Lawrence Kweller, a socially inept 17-year old cinephile, gets a job at a video store, where he forms a complicated friendship with his older female manager.
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- Kevin WardJuly 2, 2025Lawrence Kweller (Isaiah Lehtinin) is a 17 y/o PTA loving film nerd with his heart set on going to NYU film school where he presumes he’ll be shooting his student films in 16mm. Still stuck in his self-centered adolescence, he’s never had a job, hasn’t given a thought about the cost of NYU, and he ousts and insults friends when they don’t serve his wants. He takes a job at the local video store, but it’s evident that he’s more concerned with the employee discount rentals than he is actually earning money to help pay for school. Lawrence’s only likable quality is the fact that he loves movies. As a coming of age story, it’s rather tough to root for Lawrence. I found myself empathizing more with his boss Alana (Romina D’Ugo), than I did with Lawrence. But Lawrence does earn some redemption and I appreciate that it comes more in the form of turning a new leaf rather than mending fences. It’s important to learn that you can’t un-burn a bridge or un-ring a bell. It’s competent coming of age drama by the end, but I wasn’t in Lawrence’s corner at any point-except maybe when he had $45 in late fees for not returning Wild Things. (I just mean because Kevin Bacon’s in that movie, no other reason 17 y/o me would rent that movie and never return it).
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I Like Movies was released on September 9, 2022.
I Like Movies was directed by Chandler Levack.
I Like Movies has a runtime of 1h 39m.
I Like Movies was produced by Lindsay Blair Goeldner.
Lawrence Kweller, a socially inept 17-year old cinephile, gets a job at a video store, where he forms a complicated friendship with his older female manager.
The key characters in I Like Movies are Lawrence Kweller (Isaiah Lehtinen), Alana (Romina D'Ugo), Terri Kweller (Krista Bridges).
I Like Movies is rated Not Rated.
I Like Movies is a Comedy, Drama film.
I Like Movies has an audience rating of 7.6 out of 10.
I Like Movies has made $950 at the box office.