Weighted by good intentions, Ryan turns a potentially riveting story of two lost souls shaken by trauma into a sappy teen drama.
– Erika Gonzalez,
Denver Rocky Mountain News,
12 Sep 2003
fresh:
Alicia and Deanna's journey toward friendship, or at least a truer understanding, is moving.
– Lisa Kennedy,
Denver Post,
12 Sep 2003
fresh:
In the midst of this didactic, self-conscious movie about a high school shooting comes an extraordinary and intense performance by a young actress named Busy Philipps, which elevates the whole picture.
– Kirk Honeycutt,
Hollywood Reporter,
8 Sep 2003
rotten:
Overall, it plays like the world's longest -- over two hours -- after-school special.
– Lou Lumenick,
New York Post,
5 Sep 2003
rotten:
Too often crosses the line between good melodrama and rank cliche.