Projects » Try 17

Production Year: 2002
Directed by: Jeffrey Porter
Genre: Comedy / Romance / Drama
Tagline: You're only seventeen once. For Jones Dillon, it's one time too many.
Rating: 6.2/10 (1,510 votes)
Runtime: 96 min
Country: USA/Canada
Language: English
Certification: Australia:M / Denmark:11 / Germany:12 / Indonesia:17/atas / Philippines:PG-13 / Singapore:NC-16 / UK:15 / USA:R

Plot Outline: The story of a young man who enters college only to discover that he can learn more about life and love from his neighbors in the apartment building where he lives.

Cast

Elijah Wood .... Jones
Franka Potente .... Jane
Mandy Moore .... Lisa
Chris Martin .... Steve (as Chris William Martin)
Deborah Harry .... Ma Mabley
Elizabeth Perkins .... Blanche
Aaron Pearl .... Brad
Andrew Jackson .... Guy
Malcolm Scott .... Randy
Aloma Wright .... Alicia
Frank C. Turner .... Custodian
Josh Byer .... Skinhead
Chad Faust .... Tough
Daniella Evangelista .... Girlfriend
Michael Roberds .... Clerk

Quotes

Brad: "It's been three years since I had sex, Jones."
Jones: "Woah."
Brad: "Did you say "woah"? Three years of celibacy deserves more than "woah". "Woah" doesn't come close".
Jones: "Try seventeen."
Brad: "What, years?"
Jones: "The first twelve are pretty easy."
Brad: "What about the, uh... "
[indicates the girl upstairs]
Jones: [shakes head]
Brad: "So you're a..."
Jones: [nods]
Brad: "Woah."

Jones: "My mother, she was deep into all of it - booze, pills, everything she could get her hands on. I was born 10 weeks premature. By the time the doctors discovered the bone disease, it was too late to treat properly. I've been suffering since before I was born."

Jones: "You know, I've been some places - Texas, Delaware, three schools in New Hampshire, Kansas - not everwhere so maybe I'm wrong, but I think you're probably the most beautiful woman in the world."

Jones: "What about you, Blanche? Are you making anyone miserable on a regular basis?"