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All Critics (33) | Top Critics (14) | Fresh (24) | Rotten (9)
This curious blend of documentary and narrative, held together less by any plot device than by a rigorous aesthetic, proves all the more effective for being in service of casual naturalism. Aug 8, 2011 | Full Review…
This curious blend of documentary and narrative, held together less by any plot device than by a rigorous aesthetic, proves all the more effective for being in service of casual naturalism.
Ronnie Scheib
Points must be awarded for nerve, but virtually every aspect of this misbegotten film misfires. Aug 8, 2011 | Full Review…
Points must be awarded for nerve, but virtually every aspect of this misbegotten film misfires.
Peter Brunette
The originality here lies in the fact that the unseen director, Matt Porterfield, armed with his camera, asks them about their feelings. Jun 17, 2011
The originality here lies in the fact that the unseen director, Matt Porterfield, armed with his camera, asks them about their feelings.
Derek Malcolm
Matt Porterfield's docu-realist indie drama is a tough, demanding watch - but also a rewarding one. Jun 16, 2011 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Matt Porterfield's docu-realist indie drama is a tough, demanding watch - but also a rewarding one.
Peter Bradshaw
Place: Baltimore. Style: mumblecore. Jun 15, 2011 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Place: Baltimore. Style: mumblecore.
Nigel Andrews
Porterfield's rejection of obvious irony makes this not only a warm film, but one which shows the real face of America's poor, young and disenfranchised. Jun 15, 2011 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Porterfield's rejection of obvious irony makes this not only a warm film, but one which shows the real face of America's poor, young and disenfranchised.
David Jenkins
An abstract kind of putting on airs that immediately sets the audience against it. Aug 5, 2019 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…
An abstract kind of putting on airs that immediately sets the audience against it.
Matthew Lucas
It's a movie that never comes close to its real potential. Aug 9, 2018 | Full Review…
It's a movie that never comes close to its real potential.
Sarah Manvel
[Matthew] Porterfield has achieved something hugely impressive; he's managed to make an improvised movie using regular people that is immensely watchable and not just in relation to the circumstances it was made under but in relation to movies in general Sep 28, 2017 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
[Matthew] Porterfield has achieved something hugely impressive; he's managed to make an improvised movie using regular people that is immensely watchable and not just in relation to the circumstances it was made under but in relation to movies in general
Yasmin Shehab
It's not triumph-of-the-human-spirit territory, but... For these kids in these circumstances, a little bit of grace is plenty. Sep 27, 2017 | Full Review…
It's not triumph-of-the-human-spirit territory, but... For these kids in these circumstances, a little bit of grace is plenty.
Jason Anderson
What brings the bare-bones narrative alive is the mostly improvised dialogue created by the actors as the camera prepared to roll. Feb 28, 2016 | Full Review…
What brings the bare-bones narrative alive is the mostly improvised dialogue created by the actors as the camera prepared to roll.
David Sterritt
While this film could win some kind of award for getting the most out of a limited budget, the low budget of the film is a handicap that isn't fully overcome. It is an experimental film that works part of the time and fails part of the time. Feb 2, 2012 | Rating: C | Full Review…
While this film could win some kind of award for getting the most out of a limited budget, the low budget of the film is a handicap that isn't fully overcome. It is an experimental film that works part of the time and fails part of the time.
Robert Roten
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