Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

SparkMore n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Heather I thought the film was OK until I saw a snail being killed for real for no reason at all. The director even confirmed this animal "was sacrificed" for the making of this film. It dies for no reason, has nothing to do with the story at all! It gets stabbed close up on camera for nothing. Utterly disgusting!!!

SnoopyStyle George Tooney (Josh Peck) is a foul-mouthed big kid obsessed with his video camera. Sam Merrick (Rory Culkin) gets into a fight with him and gets beaten up. Sam tells his older brother Rocky who starts planning revenge with his friends Clyde and Marty Blank. They lure George on a fake birthday trip for Sam. Millie (Carly Schroeder) finds George loud but not necessarily mean-spirited. She convinces Sam to change his mind. Despite the change, a conflict escalates on the trip going down the creek.This is River's Edge with younger kids. That is very compelling. The kids are solid actors. They feel real. After the incident, they need time living with the secret. It would be nice to have more conflict time as the cops search for missing George. The second half is set up for more drama.

Nick This is my first movie review here. I'm actually not even finished watching the movie yet, but I felt compelled to share my thoughts on the movie since they differ so much with the majority and "critics".It is well acted. The youngsters playing their parts did a really good job. But I'm sure since the actors are STILL KIDS in their own right, their roles are not all that difficult for them to imagine and portray. We've all been in these types of situations before - on one side or the other - whether we have acted on our sadistic thoughts or not.But there are some MAJOR FLAWS that really bother me and make this movie irrelevant to me. First of all, how does the quiet little shrimpy shy kid have such a HOT GIRL??! In fact, he was the ONLY kid in the entire group that had a girlfriend (whether they were really a true couple or not is irrelevant). Can someone please explain this to me? Thanks in advance, because that aspect alone makes this film a joke.Well, now the movie is over and I'm even more frustrated. How it got such good reviews blows my mind. Anyway, back on subject...Secondly, it really bothers me that the "bully" is a fat, clumsy kid with bipolar disease (or some other mental health issue). My point is, the character of the "bully" seems extremely unrealistic to me. AT THE VERY LEAST, the classmates of the "bully" would know about his condition and not egg him on. More realistically, the "bully" would be riding the short bus and not associated with the other characters in the movie at all.And lastly, the whole "murder" was a total accident. When the bully has his bipolar rage moments, sure, all the kids want him gone. But none of them really wanted to KILL the bully. I mean come on, fraternities do this kind of stuff ALL THE TIME. They will drop off a pledge in the middle of nowhere (clothed/unclothed whatever) and the pledge will have to find his way home however he can (hitch-hike, walk, who cares). How were the kids supposed to know that the bully couldn't swim? Sure, the kid with the daddy issues wanted to beat the crap out of the "bully", but he didn't even mean for the "bully" to fall in the water. So the film lost a ton of credibility for me right off the bat. I kept watching just to see if the film would make a dramatic turn to sensibility which would lead me to believe all the good reviews it received but.... it never did. It never came close. I'll give it 3 stars because it was well acted and for the story's actual relevancy.

gemini_dremz I finally got the opportunity to see this film and I was really taken in. The actors are all perfect for their roles and the storyline, though a fiction, could very well be real. The story of kids who start out with a gag that turns deadly. It shows the innocence of middle and high schoolers who want to be tough and fit in, yet in the end show their true humanity. I like the way the director lets the viewer inside the mind of a bully and his desire to be liked, even by his victims. Then we see how mean he really is and your empathy for him disappears, almost applauding his demise. Of course no one wants to see a kid die, but everyone wants justice. Even though his death was a accident, the rest of the group grapple with doing the right thing and finally come to the decision, after being convinced by their leader, that burying him and hiding the secret is what's best for all. However, the others decide that it's best to tell and they do while the leader of the group runs and inevitably turns to crime as we see when he robs a convenient store. It's not fast paced, high energy or violent. Instead it has a steady pace throughout and though there is some graphic language a scene of nudity and sexual suggestions, it's pretty clean. The only problem I saw with the film is when the youngest boy takes the police to where the body is buried and they bring the mother along. I've never known any family member being taken to the scene of the crime/burial site. Other than that, I enjoyed the film and recommend it.