The Late Bloomer
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| Directed by | Kevin Pollak |
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Man Made: A Memoir of My Body by Ken Baker |
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| Music by | Walter Murphy |
| Cinematography | Akis Konstantakopoulos |
| Edited by | Adam Beamer |
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| Distributed by | Momentum Pictures |
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90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Late Bloomer is an American comedy-drama film directed by Kevin Pollak and written by Gary Rosen, Joe Nussbaum, Paul A. Kaplan & Mark Torgove, and Kyle Cooper & Austyn Jeffs. It is based on journalist Ken Baker's autobiographical Man Made: A Memoir of My Body. It stars Johnny Simmons, Maria Bello, Brittany Snow, Jane Lynch, J. K. Simmons, Kumail Nanjiani, Beck Bennett and Paul Wesley.
The film had its world premiere at the San Diego Film Festival on September 30, 2016. The film was scheduled to be released in a limited release and through video on demand on October 7, 2016, by Momentum Pictures.
The film was met with general dislike, the Hollywood Reporter saying that while Johnny Simmons fits his role perfectly, many secondary actors such as J.K. Simmons, Jane Lynch, Laraine Newman, Illeana Douglas, Maria Bello and Brian Doyle-Murray have fun in their stereotypical roles, but J.K. Simmons and Maria Bello, in particular, seem severely overqualified for their roles.
Dr. Peter Newmans (Johnny Simmons) is a 27 year old sex therapist who lives a quiet life alone, silently crushing on his pretty neighbour, Michelle (Brittany Snow). He is known for being a very non-sexual person, comically because he wrote a book about how sex is not a necessity. Michelle breaks up with her workaholic boyfriend, and Peter uses this time to comfort her. Michelle, feeling vulnerable, kisses Peter. He lies and says he has a headache, when really he is a virgin and feels uncomfortable in sexual situations. The next day, Peter's friends (Kumail Nanjiani and Beck Bennett) stop by his apartment and force him to go to their weekend basketball game. It is here that Peter gets hit in the groin and sent to the ER. During his checkup, doctors notice Peter's abnormally small genitalia. An MRI is ordered for Peter and it's revealed that he has a benign tumour inside his brain, causing his delay in puberty. Peter, overly happy about the news that he is not a "freak," insists that a procedure is done to take the tumour out immediately. Peter stays with his parents (J.K. Simmons and Maria Bello) during his recovery, who are quite eccentric. It his here that Peter gets his first erection, and his borderline sex addiction begins. While it is good for Peter that he can now have sex, he also experiences other symptoms of puberty, such as mood swings and bad acne. After finally getting a date with Michelle, he blows it by acting like a horrible person towards her. Peter becomes depressed and tries to receive oral sex from one of his patients, but is caught and subsequently fired by his boss (Jane Lynch). Peter is forced to come to terms with his realities, and has a heart to heart with his father over what it means to "be a man." Upon further reflection of his anti-sex book, Peter determines that you should have all the (consensual) sex possible, and society should cease to sex-shame individuals because "it's awesome." Eventually, Peter gets to apologize to Michelle, and they live happily ever after.
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