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First-time screenwriter Nora Garrett assembles a viper’s nest of academics and one star student, but no one is likable.
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Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
The American Independent Award will be decided by Juror #2 screenwriter Jonathan Abrams, TikTok film influencer Megan Cruz and Deadline senior film reporter Matt Grobar.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
The age gap between their characters was also something thought out by screenwriters David Swift, Charles Shyer, and Nancy Meyers (who also served as the film's director).
—Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE, 15 Oct. 2025
Andrew Scott stars in the film as Adam, a middle-aged gay screenwriter in London who strikes up a romance with his younger neighbor, Harry (Paul Mescal), while working on a screenplay about his late parents.
—Abby Monteil, Them., 15 Oct. 2025
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Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
The American Independent Award will be decided by Juror #2 screenwriter Jonathan Abrams, TikTok film influencer Megan Cruz and Deadline senior film reporter Matt Grobar.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
The age gap between their characters was also something thought out by screenwriters David Swift, Charles Shyer, and Nancy Meyers (who also served as the film's director).
—Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE, 15 Oct. 2025
Andrew Scott stars in the film as Adam, a middle-aged gay screenwriter in London who strikes up a romance with his younger neighbor, Harry (Paul Mescal), while working on a screenplay about his late parents.
—Abby Monteil, Them., 15 Oct. 2025
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“Screenwriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/screenwriter. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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screenwriter
noun
screen·writ·er
-ˌrīt-ər 
: a writer of screenplays
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