The actors, all great camera subjects, help give director Adam Salky's overly pat movie a trace of confessional conviction.
– Owen Gleiberman,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Nov 2009
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Dare is a high school coming-of-age film that dares to push the envelope. It doesn't always succeed, but that's not for lack of trying.
– V.A. Musetto,
New York Post,
13 Nov 2009
fresh:
Dare feels a bit unfinished, at once overreaching and underrealized. But there is a lot of intelligence, and considerable daring, in the basic conceit.
– A.O. Scott,
New York Times,
13 Nov 2009
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The film lacks the comedic charm of American Pie, but with its dark, hyper-sexualization of teens, it offers an engrossing if not soap opera-esque tale of self-discovery.
– Gerrick Kennedy,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Nov 2009
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Brind's screenplay is pregnant with fascinating questions of identity and social anxiety. And Salky knows how to create a mood.