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Molly Maxwell

Love doesn't act its age.

Rating 6.5 / 10Release January 6, 2013Runtime 91 min

At Phoenix Progressive School, students take notes lying on parlor couches and are encouraged to explore their gifts through electives like break-dancing and graphic-novel writing. In the midst of all this liberal pedagogy and budding talent, Molly Maxwell feels unexceptional, until she falls for her attractive English teacher, Ben.

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