Our hosts think that the Paper Towns film was a fun adaptation of the John Green novel, much lighter than the book and with a few unresolved plotlines. They’ve also decided that no one is good enough for Lacey and we really need to find a story that properly deconstructs the Manic Pixie Dream Girl, preferably from her perspective.
Check out our episode on the novel here!
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Main Discussion
Paper Towns (2015)
-Written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H Weber
-Directed by Jake Schreier
-Starring Cara Delevingne, Nat Wolff, Justice Smith and Austin Abrams
-Based on the novel by John Green, covered on episode #131
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