Quitters
High-school student Clark Rayman's world crumbles around him after his mother checks into rehab and he fights with his father. His family falls apart, so he finds a better one, provided, of course, that he can find anyone not a blood relation who’ll put up with him.
21 June 1967, Valley Stream, Long Island, New York, USA
26 February 1958, Houston, Texas, USA
26 September 1971, San Diego, California, USA
30 September 1982, New York City, New York, USA
14 January 1992, New Jersey, USA
22 October 1972, London, England, UK
February 26, 2016
There is obvious talent in the storytelling but at times the reserved style of filmmaking feels televisual and there 's no spark to really get the film going.July 22, 2016
A challenging and joyless experience.July 21, 2016
Well-layered film about a disenfranchised young man fleeing a disintegrating family life and seeking refuge in the home of his putative girlfriend.June 06, 2016
Writer-director Pritzker has conjured up an utterly believable, sympathetic yet vile monster -- a smart, self-righteous, self-absorbed teen.July 28, 2016
Quitters has more style than substance, but it's a cut above most, mainly because first-time director and co-writer Noah Pritzker has a lot of sensitivity toward a familiar subject that renders it real and touching if not exactly original.July 22, 2016
[A] keenly observed, utterly contemporary group portrait of disconnected individuals, both young and old, whose lives are on spiritual and emotional lockdown.May 18, 2016
Schoolyard angst and affluent dysfunction come together like peanut butter and jelly in Noah Pritzker's feature debut as writer and director.July 21, 2016
What do you do with a loathsome hero? Noah Pritzker isn't sure.July 21, 2016
Dysfunction and a sense of entitlement govern the behavior of the characters in the film, which portrays upscale American life as an ethical vacuum in which selfish, indifferent people act on impulse without regard to the consequences.