The Pete Davidson-starring comedy Big Time Adolescence was surrounded by hype leading up to its debut at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. The film, which was described as a modern-day John Hughes movie by director Jason Orley, went dormant after its festival run only to make its resurgence now, a full year later. In perhaps perfect timing with society being told to self-quarantine amid the COVID-19 outbreak and stream films from home, Big Time Adolescence is a carefree coming of age comedy that will hopefully bring a smile to your face during this time of heightened stress and uncertainty.

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Big Time Adolescence: It’s funny: humans have been growing up for a really long time, but somehow we still suck at it. Just look at sixteen-year-old Mo (Griffin Gluck). He’s bright enough and comes from a good family, yet his best friend is … Zeke (Pete Davidson). Yeah, that Zeke—the aggressively unmotivated college dropout who used to date Mo’s older sister. Mo’s well-meaning dad (Jon Cryer) is less-than-thrilled by this state of affairs. His sister? Woof. So instead of spending his days readying himself for adulthood, young Mo is getting a very different sort of schooling. Zeke favors a nontraditional style with practicals in dealing, partying, and ghosting. Academia this ain’t.

BIG TIME ADOLESCENCE (2020)

Starring Griffin Gluck, Pete Davidson, Jon Cryer

Directed by Jason Orley

Written by Jason Orley

Distributed by Hulu. 91 minutes. Streaming on Hulu.