The Secret Lives of Dorks

2013 American film
  • Gaelan Connell
  • Vanessa Marano
  • Riley Voelkel
  • Beau Mirchoff
  • Jim Belushi
CinematographyMark MervisEdited byJacob Chase
David HeinzMusic byJeff Cardoni
Production
companies
Indomitable Entertainment
School Pictures
Distributed byGravitas Ventures
Release date
  • September 27, 2013 (2013-09-27)
Running time
91 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

The Secret Lives of Dorks is a 2013 American independent comedy film directed by Salomé Breziner and starring Gaelan Connell, Vanessa Marano, Riley Voelkel, Beau Mirchoff and Jim Belushi.[1][2]

Plot

Samantha, a dork, loves Payton, also a dork, who loves Carrie, a cheerleader, who dates Clark, the football captain. When Clark seeks out Payton for lessons about comic books, Payton sees a chance to be with Carrie, but Carrie wants to set Payton up with Samantha.

Cast

  • Gaelan Connell as Payton
  • Vanessa Marano as Samantha
  • Riley Voelkel as Carrie
  • Beau Mirchoff as Clark
  • Jim Belushi as Bronko
  • Jennifer Tilly as Ms. Stewart
  • William Katt as Mr. Thomas Gibson
  • Kay Lenz as Mrs. Susie Gibson
  • Seymour Cassel as Principal
  • Kara Taitz as Bernice

Reception

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 11% based on 9 reviews, with an average rating of 3.91/10.[3] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 32 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[4]

Noel Murray of The Dissolve and S. Jhoanna Robledo of Common Sense Media both awarded the film two stars out of five.[5][6] Mike D'Angelo of The A.V. Club graded it a C−.[7]

Annlee Ellingson of the Los Angeles Times gave the film a positive review and wrote "...Johnny Severin and Nicholas David Brandt's otherwise clever and original script takes an unexpected turn at nearly every intersection, resulting in a funny and big-hearted coming-of-age romance."[8]

References

  1. ^ Genzlinger, Neil (26 September 2013). "Finding a Suitable Match for a School Nerd". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Film Review: The Secret Lives of Dorks". Film Journal International. 26 September 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  3. ^ "The Secret Lives of Dorks (2013)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
  4. ^ "The Secret Lives of Dorks Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
  5. ^ Murray, Noel (27 September 2013). "The Secret Lives Of Dorks". The Dissolve. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  6. ^ Robledo, S. Jhoanna. "The Secret Lives of Dorks". Common Sense Media. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  7. ^ D'Angelo, Mike (26 September 2013). "The Secret Lives of Dorks". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  8. ^ Ellingson, Annlee (26 September 2013). "Review: Not your usual geeks in 'Secret Lives of Dorks'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 22 March 2018.

External links

  • The Secret Lives of Dorks at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • The Secret Lives of Dorks at Rotten Tomatoes