Review by susidee34
August, 30 2001
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Review by surfur
March, 19 2008
Pros: Kilmer and Leguizamo are red-hot, the Upstate NY Working-class atmosphere is perfect, some riveting moments.
Cons: Big-name cameos remind us it's just a movie, lack of an entry point & humor.
Review by jenmnevada
March, 28 2000
Pros: Realistic and engaging. Intense
Cons: Depressing and requires focused attention
Review by omar107
January, 27 2000
Pros: Great Acting, especially from the main character
Cons: Disconnected Story
Review by citizenkane7
September, 17 2000
Pros: Noah fleiss , who played Joe.
Cons: none
A sensitive, uncompromising portrait of a resilient young boy trying to navigate the loneliness and confusion of adolescence and the harsh circumstances of his dysfunctional family life in a small blue collar town in upstate New York during the 1970s. Whaley's first directorial effort shows his inexperience at various moments, but it is this exact lack of expertise that lifts the film above standard coming-of-age fare into a realm of honesty that most major motion pictures never attain. The fact that the friends he recruited to help fill integral roles just so happen to be Kilmer, Hawke, and Leguizamo didn't hurt matters either.