There is a charming, funny, and well-made film underneath all the garbage on display here.
Then some Hollywood executive thought he had to make it street smart so insisted they add the F word in every scene (IES), that at least one of the kids screech at the top of his voice IES, that there is a sexual reference IES, that the 11-year old boys act like they are on drugs IES, etc., etc.
I walked out after 35 minutes (how did I last that long?), 10 minutes after someone else.
Afterwards I wondered whether the writers had been high on cocaine when they wrote it, it has that hyper, tunnel-vision, totally sef-involved ambience. I'm sure they would have put the kids on drugs like old Hollywood if they could have gotten away with it.
P.S. I'm really angry with newspaper reviewers for not giving me any clue about what this film is like.
Then some Hollywood executive thought he had to make it street smart so insisted they add the F word in every scene (IES), that at least one of the kids screech at the top of his voice IES, that there is a sexual reference IES, that the 11-year old boys act like they are on drugs IES, etc., etc.
I walked out after 35 minutes (how did I last that long?), 10 minutes after someone else.
Afterwards I wondered whether the writers had been high on cocaine when they wrote it, it has that hyper, tunnel-vision, totally sef-involved ambience. I'm sure they would have put the kids on drugs like old Hollywood if they could have gotten away with it.
P.S. I'm really angry with newspaper reviewers for not giving me any clue about what this film is like.