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The New Romantic

The New Romantic

Drama · Comedy · 2018

In order to escape her looming post-graduation fate that includes student debt and zero romantic prospects, Blake Conway becomes a sugar baby. As the aspiring journalist and hopeless romantic documents the adventure, she sets out on a quest to figure out if society is right to judge these women and if her own self worth comes with a price.

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The New Romantic

2018 Drama · Comedy 1h 22m

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6.3 / 10

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In order to escape her looming post-graduation fate that includes student debt and zero romantic prospects, Blake Conway becomes a sugar baby. As the aspiring journalist and hopeless romantic documents the adventure, she sets out on a quest to figure out if society is right to judge these women and if her own self worth comes with a price.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Carly Stone

Written by

Carly Stone · Kyle Mann

Jessica Barden

Jessica Barden

Blake Conway

Hayley Law

Hayley Law

Nikki Morrison

Brett Dier

Brett Dier

Jacob

Avan Jogia

Avan Jogia

River Dewan

Timm Sharp

Timm Sharp

Ian Brooks

Camila Mendes

Camila Mendes

Morgan Cruise

Ivy Matheson

Ivy Matheson

Woman

Court is in session

Put The New Romantic on trial.

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The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.