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
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Over the GW (2007)
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Reviews Counted: 8
Fresh: 4
Rotten:4
Average Rating: 5.3/10
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... [More]
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Top CriticAn 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 CriticAn 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 CriticBoth newcomers, the two leads impress, as does veteran actor Albert Insinnia as the center's psycho director.
06/27/07
Top CriticOverall, 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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