At a mere 76 minutes, the movie skips past what seems like lots of crucial exposition in favor of vague flashbacks and confusing inserts.
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09/20/07
Over the GW (2007)
50 %
Reviews Counted: 8 Fresh: 4 Rotten:4 Average Rating: 5.3/10
Runtime: 75 mins
Theatrical Release: Jun 27, 2007 Limited
Synopsis: "Over the GW," written and directed by Nick Gaglia, is a poignant story based on his experience in a cult-like rehab. This film exposes corrupt rehabilitation centers which prey upon vulnerable teens and their parents and are still widespread throughout the world. Tony (George... [More]
Genre: Dramas
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Top Critic
An undeniably personal if amateurish psychodrama... Gaglia's torture re-creations become rote quickly, and his cross-processed, color-tinted, randomly inserted, over-zoomed Film School 101 indulgences need their meds adjusted.
07/02/07
Top Critic
An earnest but amateurish look at a cultlike rehab, Nick Gaglia’s semiautobiographical debut feature means well. Then again, so did his parents when they condemned him and his sister to a sadistic substance-abuse program.
06/28/07
Over the G W follows a troubled brother and sister as they are committed to a New Jersey treatment center by their well-meaning parents.
06/27/07
Top Critic
Both newcomers, the two leads impress, as does veteran actor Albert Insinnia as the center's psycho director.
06/27/07
Top Critic
Overall, the performances are surprisingly convincing, but the mockumentary elements feel out of place and the intrusive switching between B&W and color denotes nothing; it's just a gratuitous flourish that detracts from the raw story material.
06/27/07
Over the GW is appropriately troubling in its evocation of humanity's penchant for self-destruction.
06/26/07
Writer-director Nick Gaglia has fashioned a documentary-style drama that is too narratively disjointed to achieve maximum impact, but too emotionally potent in fits and starts to be dismissed out of hand.
06/26/07
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