Coming Through the Rye (2016)

13/10/2016 (US)•Drama•1h 37m

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Coming Through the Rye, set in 1969, is a touching coming of age story of sensitive, 16 year old Jamie Schwartz, who is not the most popular kid at his all boys' boarding school. Disconnected from students and teachers, he believes he is destined to play Holden Caulfield, the main character of The Catcher in the Rye, and has adapted the book as a play.

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Alex Wolff
Jamie Schwartz
Stefania LaVie Owen
Deedee
Chris Cooper
J.D. Salinger
Zephyr Benson
Gerry Schwartz
Adrian Pasdar
Mr. Tierney
Caleb Emery
Billy Campbell
Eric Nelsen
Ted Tyler
Amy Parrish
Robin
Michael Siberry
Mr. Dewitt

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A review by Wuchak

7.0

Written by Wuchak on Mar 29, 2019

***Finding the reclusive author of “Catcher in the Rye” in 1969*** In 1969 a persecuted prep school student in Pennsylvania (Alex Wolff) runs away to find the author of “Catcher in the Rye” in the hills of New Hampshire to get his permission to produce a play based on his classic novel. Stefania LaVie Owen is on hand as the girl from a nearby school whom he travels with while Chris Cooper plays the curmudgeonly recluse J.D. Salinger. "Coming through the Rye" (2015) is a coming-of-age drama based on a true story. Being set in an all-male boarding school with sequences involving a female ...