Tim Grierson

Tim Grierson is the senior U.S. critic for Screen International whose writing about film and culture has appeared in MEL, Vulture and Rolling Stone. He currently serves as the vice president of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and is the author of seven books, including his latest, "This Is How You Make a Movie."

The former ‘SNL’ star’s cringe comedy is a sweetly sympathetic look at teenage masculinity.

There’s nothing more American than enjoying a messianic dreamer fall flat on his face