Terri

A hit at the Sundance Film Festival, Terri, directed by Azazel Jacobs and produced by the team behind Blue Valentine and Half Nelson, is a moving and often funny film about the relationship between Terri (Jacob Wysocki), an oversized teen misfit and the loquacious but well-meaning vice principal (John C. Reilly) who reaches out to him.

Resigned to his outsider status, Terri is surprised when vice principal, Mr. Fitzgerald, takes an interest in him. Under Fitzgerald's tutelage, Terri befriends a pair of fellow misfits and finds an unexpected, imperfect bond that reflects the tenuousness, poignance and pathos of the adolescent experience. Deftly combining authentic and candid elements with wry humor and compassion, Jacobs tells Terri's story with delicacy and complex emotionality, as the young man learns to reach outside his insular world. A film about the courage it takes to build relationships Terri is for anyone who ever felt alone or misunderstood in high school.

Awards and Reviews:

“A lovely lyrical ode to high school misfits and the adults they grow into.” L. A .Times

“Terri, so convincingly played by Jacob Wysocki, is smart, gentle and instinctively wise.” Roger Ebert

Cast and Crew:

Director: Azazel Jacobs

Stars: John C. Reilly, Jacob Wysocki and Bridger Zadina