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Information
- Year
- 2008
- Runtime
- 107 min.
- Director
- Antonio Campos
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery
- Rating *
- 6.1
- Votes *
- 2,848
- Checks
- 542
- Favs
- 37
- Dislikes
- 18
- Favs/checks
- 6.8% (1:15)
- Favs/dislikes
- 2:1
Top comments
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MrFilmnatic
I think this is a great film that takes a serious and realistic look at high school life. The characters mumble and show little emotion in an effort to blend in to their surroundings and not stick out, yet they all hide their own dark secrets and personality flaws from the rest of the world. They adapt voyeuristic tastes and view the troubles of others instead of deal with their own, whether through watching cell phone videos of student fights on YouTube or making such spying videos of their own. The acting does get a bit dull at times and tedious to follow along with, and the quiet audio and super-steady camera shots may start to drag on one's patience. But for the most part that fits along with the amateurish, voyeuristic mood of the piece. And the performances, for how plain they were, do captivate the audience in a neo-realistic sense. This is a director to keep an eye on in the future. 12 years 9 months ago -
coalman987
I wanted to like this so badly but so many parts are just so inexcusably bad 12 years 11 months ago