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More redundant than offensive.
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Overview
Set in the not so distant future, in Any Town USA, sixteen-years-old Herman Howards makes a fateful decision. He enters his suburban school and kills thirty nine students, two teachers, and a police officer. Just before his arrest, he emails his idol, famous journalist Lax Morales, sending him clips of the shootings captured with Herman's own digital camera. In the clips Herman tells Lax, "I want to tell my story on your show". Lax, haunted by his own past, is now face to face with Herman.
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Rotten
At least it doesn't lack in big moments where people cry and scream.
Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
It barely tries to offer insight into its much-debated subject, content to rip the scab off an ever-fresh wound for the sake of controversy.
Sam Adams, Time Out New York
Rotten
The dialogue is all surface: Emotions are laid out on the autopsy table for the audience to dissect and analyze, but rarely feel.
Rob Staeger, Village Voice
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