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Terri is an overweight high school student who is picked on at school. You might be thinking that you’ve seen this film or one very much like it before. But I assure you, you haven’t. This is a film based on real life not any of those other movies. Director Azazel Jacobs and co-writer Patrick Dewitt have made a quirky comedy that is truthful and not gimmicky. All the pieces just fit.

Speaking of fitting, Terri wears pajamas to school each day because they are the only clothes that actually fit him. He doesn’t know where his parents are, having been dumped on his uncle James (Creed Bratton, TV’s THE OFFICE), who is slipping in and out of dementia. As a result Terri has been missing a lot of days of school to take care of him. Not that Terri minds all that much because when he goes he is tormented by classmates, who find ways of embarrassing him by getting under his skin in relentlessly annoying ways.

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Shot on 35mm, this 1080p/AVC encoded transfer keeps that film quality wonderfully. The color palette is hearty with saturation levels high, but not otherworldly. Contrasts are high and black levels are deep. Details in the character’s faces and clothing stand out. Digital problems like heavy noise, branding or artifacts are non-existent.

The soundtrack is presented in DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1. This is a dialogue driven film so the soundscape is limited. Rear speakers are used sparingly for ambience in outdoor locations mainly. I couldn’t comment on directionality because there isn’t any. The mix between dialogue, music and sound effects is handled cleanly.

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