Rating of
3/4
Influence
Matthew Sanchelli - wrote on 08/14/07
So, have the knack to buy movies on DVD before ever seeing them. It's a bad habit but I've been fortunate with my judgment.
So, after owning this movie for about a year, I finally watched it this weekend. And I was not disappointed.
Of anything, the performances by Evan Rachel Wood and Holly Hunter are commendable. Evan has always impressed me with just about every movie I've seen her in and this movie is no different. She makes the quick transition from average pre-teen to misdirected rebel at a believable pace and that it's not forced.
If you want a teenage angst movie with pretty much every vice imaginable....then this one is it. There are very little things this movie doesn't cover; but it covers them in a realistic way. (And having spent a little time in LA/Hollyweird, I can say I believe something like this is probably going on as I type this)
