The life of George, a young handsome and smart high school guy, who suffers from terrible, as he lost interest in everything and doesn't want to go to school, has been changed completely, when he meets Sally, a young attractive girl, who helps him to find pleasure in life and attend his school.
For anyone not in a similar state of age-related solipsism - i.e., anyone outside the 16- to 25-year-old age bracket - this is more than a little annoying.
There are several lessons to be learned in "The Art of Getting By," though all arrive too late to save this well-meaning but dreadfully executed movie.
The vapidity of The Art of Getting By goes beyond the anthill-sized dramatic stakes. The dialogue, while occasionally epigrammatic, is tone-deaf to individual speech rhythms.
