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Mean Creek (2004)

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Reviews Counted:115

Fresh:104

Rotten:11

Average Rating:7.4/10

Consensus: Mean Creek is an uncomfortably riveting glimpse into the casual cruelty of youth.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for language, sexual references, teen drug and alcohol use

Runtime: 89 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Aug 20, 2004 Limited

Box Office: $295,919

Synopsis: Director Jacob Estes's feature film debut is a remarkably accomplished coming of age drama about death and consequences. When overweight, emotionally troubled George (Josh Peck) beats up a smaller... Director Jacob Estes's feature film debut is a remarkably accomplished coming of age drama about death and consequences. When overweight, emotionally troubled George (Josh Peck) beats up a smaller kid named Sam (Rory Culkin) one time too many, his older brother Rocky (Trevor Morgan) and Rocky's wrong-side-of-the-tracks pal (Scott Mechlowicz) decide to teach George a lesson. Along with their friend Clyde (Ryan Kelley)--who was once the brunt of George's violence himself--they bring George on a boat trip with a cruel prank in mind. Sam brings his love interest, Milly (Carly Schroeder), who tries to stop the plan when she decides George is a nice guy after all. Tragic things happen nonetheless with the slow, languid rhythm of life in a small Oregon town. Along the way, Estes manages to capture many fine moments of poetic realism like the stillness of the forest around the river, the swirling eddies along the shore, a snail crawling along a leaf, and a drowning video camera. Cinematographer Sharone Meir uses color filters and washed-out film stock to make everything glow with faded colors like old family photographs. The dialogue feels natural and the acting is precise; Estes obviously loves his cast and allows plenty of time and space for their characters to breathe, think, and be the confused kids they're meant to be. [More]

Starring: Rory Culkin, Ryan Kelley, Scott Mechlowicz, Trevor Morgan

Starring: Rory Culkin, Ryan Kelley, Scott Mechlowicz, Trevor Morgan, Josh Peck, Carly Schroeder

Director: Jacob Estes

Director: Jacob Estes
Screenwriter: Jacob Estes
Producer: Rick Rosenthal, Hagai Shaham, Susan Johnson
Studio: Paramount Classics

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First time writer/ director Estes brings sensitivity and insight to this tale of teens pushed to extremes and forced to confront their sense of responsibility and morality

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example of everything that is good in American independent cinema

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Follows a fluid narrative that never feels contrived, and leaves the audience with genuine sympathy for every single child involved.

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Anton Bitel
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A mature, significant contribution to the unfornately growing trend of films that address teen violence (unfortunate in that we need the trend at all).

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Brian Juergens
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A wonderful, if dreary, teen drama.

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Forrest Hartman
Forrest Hartman
Reno Gazette-Journal

I’ve actually known my fair share of troubled kids, and this film is as accurate a depiction of them as I’ve ever seen.

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01/30/05
Mike McGranaghan
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...a movie about moral choices, about learning what it is to be decent in the world.

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01/27/05
Philip Martin
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Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

We're forced to stare both the perpetrators and the victims full in the face, to see what made them the fools they are and what will come of the foolishness they commit.

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01/15/05
Jeffrey Overstreet
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Angry kids on an unsupervised boat trip? Constant ominous music? Gee, wonder what's going to happen next.

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