coming-of-age
noun
com·ing-of-age
ˈkə-miŋ-əv-ˈāj 
: the attainment of prominence, respectability, recognition, or maturity
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Shannon Carlin, TIME, 1 Mar. 2025
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—Jen Juneau, People.com, 28 Feb. 2025
The previous year, Indian Paintbrush (which also recently financed Aubrey Plaza’s coming-of-age dramedy My Old Ass) announced Galerie, a subscription- model digital film club featuring screenings, discussions and exhibits examining cinema.
—Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2025
Monarch Media has secured the rights to A Walk to Remember, the seminal early aughts coming-of-age romance from Nicholas Sparks, with plans to develop a reboot alongside the original film’s producers Denise Di Novi and Hunt Lowry.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 27 Feb. 2025
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Shannon Carlin, TIME, 1 Mar. 2025
The coming-of-age tearjerker follows their relationship as Landon learns that Jamie is living with leukemia and nearing the end of her life.
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 28 Feb. 2025
The previous year, Indian Paintbrush (which also recently financed Aubrey Plaza’s coming-of-age dramedy My Old Ass) announced Galerie, a subscription- model digital film club featuring screenings, discussions and exhibits examining cinema.
—Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2025
Monarch Media has secured the rights to A Walk to Remember, the seminal early aughts coming-of-age romance from Nicholas Sparks, with plans to develop a reboot alongside the original film’s producers Denise Di Novi and Hunt Lowry.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 27 Feb. 2025
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