StunnaKrypto Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Iseerphia All that we are seeing on the screen is happening with real people, real action sequences in the background, forcing the eye to watch as if we were there.

Marva-nova Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

jvdeforte-226-346741 Important movies like this do not come along very often anymore. Unlike a lot of other movies that rely on a simple plot mixed with sex and violence, this movie is character driven and successfully relies on its storytelling. It is one of the few movies out there that directly and realistically faces a very serious issue in society today. ALL parents, teachers, principals and guidance counselors need to watch this movie and directly discuss what is happening in out society today. A must see, it is a conversation our society need to be having! Well paced a intelligently crafted to give you dynamics that come from the characters emotions keeps the story moving. Few movies today discuss real issues that are relevant to what we need to be discussing as a society.

javs1 I've just seen this movie and the only thing i can say is please please please those people who wrote rave reviews about the film on this page stop doing things like that. You are bringing IMDb reputation to it's knees, and whatever reason you have to write those reviews is clearly wrong. The film is simply awful!!!! you know it, i know it. The acting is bad, the situations unrealistic to say the least, the direction amateurish with a guy wearing two different tops on the same scene from one second to the next. Our main character and hero of the film spends the majority of it acting like a retard when the easiest thing would be to just go home. so there you go guys save yourselves 1 hour and 45 minutes of pain and watch "a clockwork orange" an authentic masterpiece.

SteveC12 Richard, congrats on a film of great social significance as well as entertainment. The sign of a great movie is how it can influence your thinking well after seeing it. I reflect on my own high school days and I even reached out to some old friends and re-socialized. Privilege being part of your film. It's not just a movie. It's a lesson in life and a tool to mend past mistakes!Deeply moved by the message of this movie and impressed with everyone's work. Masterfully acted, directed, edited, filmed, proud to have been a part of it and looking so forward to the message helping young people who are seeking their own answers in this troubling world as well as myself who ended up reflecting and reaching out to people from 30 years ago and mending some fences. We all choose sides, sometimes by choice, sometimes by necessity. Mischief Night is a brilliant film about how hard those choices can be and how those choices can effect you 3 decades later. Congrats to everyone! This film is not merely entertainment. It's a tool to help save a society that's lost its course.SC

trevorsnarr "With its nod to Clockwork Orange, Mischief Night, directed by Richard Zelniker, avoids every cliché and cheap trick, instead forcing us inside the pain, fear and excruciating confusion that lives inside so many people today. It doesn't look 'at' a social issue and offer a glossy solution. It demands that we feel the desperation of its trapped protagonists. Who is the hero and who is the villain? No easy answer there either. We all have a voice. A passionate, but weary English teacher (portrayed with such humanity by Moe Irvin) offers a path. Shakespeare. Poetry. But this writer, director, producers and stunning cast walk us down that path and lead the way for every kid, parent, citizen, human asking not just 'Why did another kid take a gun to school?' and 'Why did another horrific killing happen?' The pain is intolerable. The fear is constant. And the answers too quiet and too late. Mischief Night opens a much needed conversation. No. It demands it from a roof top. And about that director, Richard Zelniker found a soft-spoken boy with a volcano inside of him and put that voice on screen. Where so many filmmakers today rely on horrific violence, gore and external terror to hold our attention, Zelniker somehow makes us feel every painful moment without ever taking the easy way out. An adult film about childhood agony that reveals itself so exquisitely, you are left shaken to the core without one 'shock shot'. Like The Hurt Locker, your heart is in your mouth from the first five minutes through the final exhale. Beautifully photographed, the images are terrifying and haunting in the best way. How does a film that never jolts you with that sudden scream keep you so wrapped? Zelniker and his cast jolt us awake. Complacency is not an option. Helter Skelter, Clockwork Orange, and The Outsiders have a companion for the shelf. I really didn't want to, but Zelniker made me look. And now I can't close my eyes." Eden Bernardy Screenwriter