I had to watch it with the subtitles on so's I could decipher and translate - from English to English. It was like visiting another world, or maybe a parallel universe. So wonderfully story and performance driven! like one of those Shakespeare thingies translated into a modern idiom, maybe like westside story. everyone was great, which meant the direction was great. how they stuffed a whole universe into san clemente high is a piece of magic miracality. great music, beautiful shooting. really artful. this was a blockbuster recommendation by the kid that worked there. i was dubious, but once again i saw that a great piece of work transcends time space coast age language - transcends and transforms everything into a place to live for a while. another place.
