The Spectacular Now, Delivery Man and Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2 get Leigh's view A hard-partying high school senior's philosophy on life changes when he meets the not-so-typical 'nice girl'. Courtesy: A24 Films Romance isn't dead ... Miles Teller in a scene from "The Spectacular Now" Source: Supplied The unpolished gem THE SPECTACULAR NOW finds new life and surprising depth in a genre most have written off as dormant and shallow. This might be a high-school romance affair, but it is one which doesn't play by the predictable rules. She's led a sheltered life until now. As for Sutter, he's been out in the open for too long. The lad has the makings of a serious drinking problem. Like last year's Perks of Being a Wallflower, this excellent movie convincingly charts the many dramas that are part of being a teenager. The sincere chemistry that evolves between Woodley and Teller across the picture never lets its intensity nor intimacy flag for a moment. Viewers who lock into the precise storytelling frequency transmitted here will be rewarded with a connection that will continue to stir the emotions well after it is over. Co-stars Jennifer Jason Leigh, Bob Odenkirk. {General release.} An affable underachiever finds out he's fathered 523 children through anonymous donations to a fertility clinic 20 years ago. Courtesy: Dreamworks Vince Vaughn (The Internship, Wedding Crashers) has crashed too many times before with lazy performances in lack-lustre laugh vehicles. Therefore some will not care the lanky funnyman finally finds himself in DELIVERY MAN, a good mainstream comedy that goes the distance. He plays a secret (and prolific) sperm donor who must decide if he wants to remain anonymous after a distribution error leaves him as the biological father of 533 children. It is a clever-ish premise that is not placed under pressure to generate too many dumb chuckles for the sake of it. File under "happy accident." Co-stars Chris Pratt, Cobie Smulders. {General release.} In this clip from Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2, Flint tries to transport the gang back to Swallow Falls with his own invention, the Grocery Deliverator! A second helping of surrealistically silly gastronomy is ready to be gulped down in CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2. This solid sequel to the 2009 animated hit is failsafe entertainment for the kids in the run-up to Christmas. The story remains centred on hapless inventor Flint Lockwood (voiced by Bill Hader), whose prize gizmo is now manufacturing creatures known as "foodimals": living hybrids of food and animals. If you've never savoured exotic creatures such as shrimpanzees, tacodiles, flamangoes, watermelephants and - why, of course! - meatballruses, then here is a veritable zoo for the taste buds. Co-stars the voices of Anna Faris, Andy Samberg, Neil Patrick Harris. {General release.}