I generally like movies like this. I gave it an 8 but probably more like a 7.5. If you don't understand the Terrance Howard character early on then you'll probably go much lower. Telling you beforehand you really have to listen to his character the whole movie is almost a pre-requisite for the movie to make sense since it jumps around a lot.

Amber Heard plays a slutty stripper well which is about all she can do, so she doesn't ruin the movie. Another comment says she's too young for the role. Same here but then she's like 28 and the kid is 16 which would mean she was 14 when she got knocked up. It kinda gee-has looking at it that way. Fortunately her part is minimum.

Some of it came off as cliche, but isn't that problem in our society still? We are reduced to stereotypes and anything that bucks those stereotypes just means we get pushed harder to conform to them, whether they fit us or not.

Honestly the movie left me hoping Jesse finds himself again, finds his inner and outer Eric. I don't want to get into a spoiler, so I'll leave that there. But it leaves you wanting to write your own ending, another 20 minutes, which would ruin it. The hope or lack thereof is left up to the viewer. That's definitely why I rounded up to 8 instead of down to 7. Your takeaway is going to be yours and yours alone.