The new film Licorice Pizza faced a number of criticisms upon its widespread release on Saturday, with many people taking to Twitter to sound off on scenes depicting racist behavior against Asian people, and a storyline involving a 25-year-old woman in an implied romance with a 15-year-old boy.The motion picture from filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson, 51, had previously opened in a limited run last month prior to opening in theaters Christmas.Among the controversies of the film, which is set in California's San Fernando Valley in 1973, included the 15-year-old character Gary (played by Cooper Hoffman), who is infatuated with and tries to pursue a relationship with 25-year-old Alana (played by Alana Haim), with one scene in which she shows her.
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