This movie induced ambivalence in me. I don't know whether it is the actor performances or the direction, but partly it reminded me of a high school drama series, particularly the whole UFO story. However partly I also felt a great need to return to the theater immediately afterward to watch it once more. This is owing to Neil McCormick (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), who is the one character in this movie who provokes my feelings. The young actor shines as the wrecked, apathetic but beautiful teenage hustler, and uplifts every scene that he is in.
The subject, sexual child abuse, sounds as if you've already seen it a million times, but then you will be surprised about how delicately it is handled. It gives a somewhat documentary impression a picture of what happens in the characters' lives and avoids falling into melodrama (though sometimes barely).
The main thing about this story is what's already told in the tag line: 'One boy can't remember the other can't forget.' It is simply a thought-provoking psychological study; how persons with different personalities handle childhood traumas so differently.
Recommended!
The subject, sexual child abuse, sounds as if you've already seen it a million times, but then you will be surprised about how delicately it is handled. It gives a somewhat documentary impression a picture of what happens in the characters' lives and avoids falling into melodrama (though sometimes barely).
The main thing about this story is what's already told in the tag line: 'One boy can't remember the other can't forget.' It is simply a thought-provoking psychological study; how persons with different personalities handle childhood traumas so differently.
Recommended!