Normal Adolescent Behavior

Normal Adolescent Behavior

No secrets. No inhibitions. No apologies.

Directed by Beth Schacter

200795 min4.5 / 10

A provocative teen drama that explores friendship, sexuality, and loyalty through the lens of a close-knit group navigating desire, betrayal, and the messy transition from adolescence.

High school student Wendy has an odd relationship with her five friends: They're openly sexual with each other, swapping partners every week. But this is all thrown into turmoil when she meets Sean, a new student in school who has a crush on her. Wendy wants to be with Sean, but doesn't want to disappoint her friends, whom she has known since grade school. When she does decide to leave them, her best friend, Billie, threatens revenge.

Questions people ask

  • Is Normal Adolescent Behavior violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Does Normal Adolescent Behavior end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.

  • Is Normal Adolescent Behavior scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.

  • Is Normal Adolescent Behavior sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Normal Adolescent Behavior easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

16/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity75

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise3

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love4

How much audiences actually like it

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Like Normal Adolescent Behavior

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

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Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Normal Adolescent Behavior, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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