NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!

Dotbankey A lot of fun.

Tyreece Hulme One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

Allison Davies The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

zif ofoz i watched this movie a second time recently and it is even more entertaining and compelling on second seeing!there isn't much i can say here that hasn't been covered by the previous reviews on this page. praise is praise and i cannot praise this movie nor reveal anything the other reviews haven't competently revealed to the reader.my suggestion is to just watch this story as it is made for people who enjoy great characterization, intelligent dialog, and a story you will naturally find yourself wrapped up into!it's a shame good cinema gets ignored so in this country!

lazarillo This is a surprisingly good movie about a recent high-school graduate (Eva Amurri) who's irresponsible mother (Susan Sarandon) has blown her college fund and destroyed her credit, so she gets together with a very moral but very misguided rich kid (Anto Yelchin)to deal dope in their "middle-of-nowhere" small town. A love triangle develops between the girl, her erstwhile "business partner", and her precocious, aspiring model younger sister (Willa Holland), but it is a largely unrequited one as she is uninterested in him and he resists the jailbait charms of her sister.Eva Amurri is a beautiful and talented actress, if a bit long in the tooth to be playing a recent high school graduate. Willa Holland is an unusually beautiful teenager who has since gone on to work in European films like "Summer in Genoa" (as an even more sexually precocious youngster). She does a good job playing an aspiring underage model. It's nice to see Susan Sarandon playing a completely unsympathetic role like this. The real surprise though is Anton Yelchin who I usually find incredibly annoying even in movies I otherwise like like "Alpha Dog". Instead of wanting to kick his teeth down his throat as usual though, I actually kind of liked his character here (although strangely this is the second time he played a sympathetic drug-dealer--he had a very similar role in the more famous, but overrated "Charlie Bartlett).A lot of credit also has to go to director John Stockwell. It's interesting that two of the more interesting and underrated indie directors today, John Stockwell and Keith Gordon, once appeared together as ACTORS in the very mediocre 1983 horror movie "Christine". Stockwell has come the closest to mainstream success (or, depending on how you look at it, selling out) with films like "Crazy/Beautiful" and "Blue Crush", but he does better I think with smaller pictures like this. I'd recommend this.

Mike B This is a good character driven film without any spectacular fireworks. It's about growing up - meeting new friends, dating, coping with parents, and some illegal activities; but its' certainly not done in a preachy way. Each of the characters has his own individuality and we see them work out their problems alone and together. So you can say that it's earthy- but there were a few times where it did become somewhat self-absorbed, however these scenes were never of any great length.One of its strengths is that it never goes over the top. At one stage Anton Yelchin (playing Dorian) is beaten up. It would have been so easy for the film-makers to have fist-fight histrionics, but the film wisely refrains from this. The emphasis is successfully kept on each character's emotions. Apparently this was filmed in Louisiana, but hardly any accents were detected!

Dan S This was definitely a well acted movie. It had all the fixings; it made me laugh and even managed to make my eyes water. Sarandon is the household name, but Yelchin and Amurri steal the show. The story clearly revolves around them. They come from different worlds at first, but seem to come to an understanding after all is said and done. There are many different themes in this movie, and they all play a part in developing each character. However only the two main actors (Yelchin and Amurri) really have the chance to showcase their talents. Also, this movie made me realize that Yelchin maybe in the movie business for a long, long time.Definitely worth a watch. Enjoy.