Three pre-adolescents with virginal and eager-of-signals naivety, hit headlong against monstrous and inhospitable loneliness, in the incandescent fire among the ashes of their own inocence.
Flawed but compassionate study of kids struggling with grown-up issues without much adult supervison.
– Lisa Kennedy,
Denver Post,
16 Jun 2006
rotten:
... a film that never quite equals the sum of its many intriguing parts.
– David Jenkins,
Time Out,
9 Nov 2006
fresh:
The film careens from crisis to crisis. Yet each time it threatens to spin out of control, [director Michael] Cuesta demonstrates a firm hand that keeps us leaning in with interest.
– Hap Erstein,
Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
6 Aug 2006
fresh:
The stories coexist without intersecting, and the film would benefit from a stronger narrative spine, but bringing together three such gifted young actors in a single film is a minor miracle.