When it comes to depicting the inner lives of adolescents, writer-director Michael Cuesta might be the most fearless U.S. filmmaker working today. His 2001 debut, L.I.E., not only faced prostitution among teenage boys head on, but dared to depict a predatory pedophile as something far more complex than a soulless monster. Cuesta's second feature is even more accomplished and, in some regards, even more shockingly honest: Here, the lives of three suburban 12-year-olds are changed in different, often unexpected ways after a close companion is accidentally killed in a stupid prank. Rudy Carges (Conor Donovan) and his overweight friend, Leonard Fisher (Jesse Comacho), ar...
Released:
2006
Rated:
R
Length:
94 mins