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05/15/09
Standing by Yourself (2002)
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Reviews Counted: 10
Fresh: 8
Rotten:2
Average Rating: 6.8/10
Rated: Not Rated
Genre: Education/General Interest
Theatrical Release:May 15, 2002 Limited
Reviews for Standing by Yourself
1 - 12 (sorted by date)
Top CriticChilling in its objective portrait of dreary, lost twenty-first century America.
06/22/03
I saw the same kind of zombification happen to plenty of kids. It made my heart ache.
03/10/03
Shattering, devastating documentary on two maladjusted teens in a downward narcotized spiral. Extraordinary debut from Josh Koury.
12/08/02
This viewer was plain bored by this latest attempt at exposing "youth truth."
05/25/02
Expanded to 65 minutes for theatrical release, it still feels somewhat unfinished.
05/15/02
The longer one watches this determinedly ragged portrait of blue-collar teenage desperation ... the more one gets absorbed in the utter unbridled nihilism of its 'characters.'
05/15/02
Top CriticSad to say -- it accurately reflects the rage and alienation that fuels the self-destructiveness of many young people.
05/15/02
Top CriticHighly irritating at first, Mr. Koury's passive technique eventually begins to yield some interesting results.
05/15/02
Top CriticLikely to expertly drum up repressed teenage memories in any viewer.
05/14/02
Standing by Yourself is haunting...[It's] what punk rock music used to be, and what the video medium could use more of: spirit, perception, conviction.
05/13/02
Koury frighteningly and honestly exposes one teenager's uncomfortable class resentment and, in turn, his self-inflicted retaliation.
04/24/02
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