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A documentary on seniors at a high school in a small Indiana town and their various cliques.A documentary on seniors at a high school in a small Indiana town and their various cliques.A documentary on seniors at a high school in a small Indiana town and their various cliques.
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- 2 wins & 5 nominations
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Written by Reggie Youngblood
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i doubt it.
I enjoyed it at first but then started thinking about how the odds of this movie being authentic are pretty much 0. Yet another "documentary" director pushing the genre envelope. Countless shots where you think, "well, how convenient was that...what are the odds of her camera being there".
Why not just call it a movie with untrained kids doing the acting based on their experiences. A fantastic movie called Kids (1999) was done in a similar style sans lies & deception. Does she not think her movie can be enjoyed as fiction? This manipulation frustrates me.
I was recently at a documentary festival where the director fessed up to staging a few of the funnier scenes...someone in the audience followed up this revelation with a "why did you do that?". he just shrugged.
i feel that sort of lack of credibility & concern from the director when watching this film.
watch Kids and see how a film "shot in documentary style" should be made. or 7-up/Hoop Dreams if you want reality. don't settle for this middling attempt.
Why not just call it a movie with untrained kids doing the acting based on their experiences. A fantastic movie called Kids (1999) was done in a similar style sans lies & deception. Does she not think her movie can be enjoyed as fiction? This manipulation frustrates me.
I was recently at a documentary festival where the director fessed up to staging a few of the funnier scenes...someone in the audience followed up this revelation with a "why did you do that?". he just shrugged.
i feel that sort of lack of credibility & concern from the director when watching this film.
watch Kids and see how a film "shot in documentary style" should be made. or 7-up/Hoop Dreams if you want reality. don't settle for this middling attempt.
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- Американские подростки
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- Gross US & Canada
- $942,441
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $45,589
- Jul 27, 2008
- Gross worldwide
- $1,130,270
- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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