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Metascore
9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasBrutal yet lyrical film.
- 60The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenIt captures a gritty urban reality without moralizing or sentimentalizing its hapless young protagonist.
- 50L.A. WeeklyL.A. WeeklyAn impressive work that's ultimately undone by its excessive style.
- 50New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsUnderdeveloped and badly diluted by overlong -- and overly stylized -- forays into the drug use, street hustling and cultural alienation that mostly affects the boys' friends.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannSan Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannGratuitous, yes, but Giannaris has the visual finesse to make it work.
- 42Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerSeattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerAll the jazzy effects and jumpy editing merely move us quicker to an otherwise predetermined tragedy.
- 40Village VoiceDennis LimVillage VoiceDennis LimThe viewer, though unavoidably alert, is before long too numb to care.
- 38New York PostHannah BrownNew York PostHannah BrownFeels like a Greek version of "My Own Private Idaho."