The Dirties Reviews
The Dissolve
The Dirties is documentary-like in the best way, building a narrative out of Owen and Matt's natural, often funny interactions. Where that narrative leads, however, is harder to justify.
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| Original Score: 2.5/5
The Playlist
This could have been a great film, and even in its limp final state is oddly effective, but it's no where near the movie that it wants to be, or thinks it is.
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| Original Score: C-
Top CriticTechnically cruddy and tiresome in its we've-seen-a-lot-of-movies dialogue ...
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| Original Score: 1/5
Aisle Seat
As admirable as it is thematically, The Dirties does bear the marks of a filmmaker who isn't fully formed yet.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
The Dirties explores high school violence from a refreshingly original angle.
A masterful blend of black humor and queasy dread ...
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| Original Score: 4/5
Glenn Dunks
It's fresh and original and utilises the popular trend of mockumentaries to watch a horror unfold in an entirely different and unique way.
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| Original Score: B+
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
While much of film is subversively amusing (though rarely laugh-out-loud funny), Johnson's depiction of high school bullying is disturbingly realistic, without ever crossing into hyperbole.
ScreenCrush
'The Dirties' is a noble mix of entertainment and social importance.
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| Original Score: 9/10
HitFix
It is a slight movie in terms of actual events that happen, but it grapples with some giant ideas and emotions in a very effective way.
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| Original Score: B+
Film Journal International
There's nothing exploitative or in-your-face about [The Dirties], just a sneak peek into the lives of a couple of lost souls whose easiest answers are found on a flickering screen.
indieWIRE
A shooter story that creeps up on you with humor and personality, featuring characters so likable the thought that they could transform into killers is at first unthinkable -- which is precisely the point.
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| Original Score: A-
Movies.com
This might just be one of the most accurate portrayals of school violence you'll ever see
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
In such a cluttered cultural space, it feels so startlingly fresh, urgent, honest and real.
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| Original Score: 3/4
Remarkable as much for its insights as for its audacity, "The Dirties" approaches school violence with a comic veneer that slowly shades into deep darkness.
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| Original Score: 4/5
The Grid
Very smart and very dark.
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| Original Score: 7/10
National Post
The result is a chilling examination of bullying, of a certain state of mind, and of what can happen when the two cross paths.
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| Original Score: 3/4
JoBlo's Movie Emporium
Disturbing and thought-provoking.
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| Original Score: 8/10
