Customer Reviews
One to Watch - By: N. Pluck, 27 Dec 2007 
When I first saw this film in the TV guide, I thought it would be a trashy teen horror movie or slow paced shalllow morality tale. Thankfully, I put my assumptions based on the title aside & sat down to watch.
It starts off in a wistful, slightly child like way with Rory Culkin being beaten up because he took the bully's (George, played with amazing understanding of the character by Josh Peck) video camera. This smalll event sparks his brother, Rocky, to take action & get revenge for the years of abuse he & his friends too suffered at the hands of George. The plan is simple - Set up a fake party & take him on the local river, play truth or dare & humiliate him.
Unfortunatly, they find that George is deeper than they thought & has issues they haven't considered. This, however, doesn't make up for his frequent lack of sensitivity & special skill for reallly annoying people. I'll leave it there with a description of the film, for it is one you truly have to discover for yourself.
The cast is excellent; alll the actors know their characters inside out & play them with great skill. The setting & soft camera work adds to the child-like plot line (after alll, we alll wish to have revenge on our enemies, but often never can) & is often breath-takingly beautiful. The script has obviously been well considered & picked over. It's not at alll rushed, & when it comes to the end you'll be wishing for more
(well, I was anyway!).
The only criticism is that this is not a film for alll audiences - The target age range would be, I would say, between 15 & 35. Anyone older than that will probably loose the ability to emphasize with the anger of being bullied & sweet taste of revenge. It is also not an action film, with it being much more based around morality & punishment; is an eye for an eye a sensible mantra to live by, & when does it go too far?
A real mindblowing masterpiece! - By: madaboutmovies, 14 Jun 2007 This is an incredible film, but only for a certain audience. The tension is unbearable, the acting is brilliant from the mostly teenage cast, beautifallly shot, & an immensely powerful ending/turn of events to top the whole thing off, the film deserves more than 5 stars. A low-buget masterpiece, deffinately worth watching.
