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| Director: Paul F. Ryan
Actors: Busy Philipps, Erika Christensen, Victor Garber, Raphael Sbarge, Ken Jenkins
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  38 reviews
Sales Rank: 16365
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd, Full Screen, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 99
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 131 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: 01895
ISBN: 1404941495
UPC: 043396018952
EAN: 9781404941496
ASIN: B0000BXMZ7
Theatrical Release Date: 2003
Release Date: October 14, 2003
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Product Description
Six students lie dead at the hands of a fellow classmate. In the aftermath an unlikely bond is about to form. Alicia (Busy Philipps "Dawson's Creek") is a Goth misfit who hates the world and everyone in it and may know more about the shooting than she's telling. Deanna (Erika Christensen Swimfan) one of the injured is a classic overachiever confined to a hospital bed. Brought together by fate united by secrets they couldn't be less alike or need each other more.System Requirements:Running Time: 132 Min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: R UPC: 043396018952 Manufacturer No: 01895
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 Home Room December 19, 2008
Michael G. Cleveland (NY USA)
This is a great movie. Everything about it I love. The entire story line is very good. There are a couple twist in this movie. My girlfriend always crys at the end but i didnt haha
I got this movie for $5 dollors but would pay alot more for it!
 good movie, but I'm tired of the "goth" cliche October 27, 2008
T. K.
This was a wonderfully acted and very moving movie. However, I'm really tired of the "damaged, attitudy, suicidal goth chick" cliche in movies. Sorry, but people don't "turn goth" because they lose a child. I was halfway waiting for the "happy ending" where Alisha shows up all nice and preppy looking again and ditching her goth look - thereby implying that she was doing better emotionally. *sigh*
Other than that though, it was a great movie.
Underrated September 16, 2008
Steve Adelsperger (Sacramento, CA)
A very underrated and well acted piece. Skip Gus Van Sant's crappy Elephant and watch a real movie. Screw the contrived art film and watch a REAL movie.
home room January 6, 2007
D. Patterson (vt)
like that it show the aftermath of the shooting and how the studtens deal with the shock and drama of the events that have unfoleded.
Everyone has a story . . . March 6, 2006
Artist & Author (Near Mt. Baker, WA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Of the 1200+ movies I've watched in the last two years dealing with children or teens, this one has to come somewhere in the top ten. We've had over 150 kids stay with us for varying lengths of time, and this movie reminded me of a discipline technique we used. If two kids were fighting, we'd put them on chairs with their knees a few inches apart. Then, they had to sit there and talk nicely to each other for a specified time. No matter how angry they were to start, in the end they'd be laughing and getting along.
Alica and Deanna were put in a similar situation. Both girls were hurting inside, one from the effects of the classroom shooting and the other from another psychologically tragic event. This movie is about how each girl had to first start to trust the other, then grow to understand each other. Of course, at first much is left hidden inside, but gradually they begin to talk and each begins to understand how the other is hurting. The more the viewer learns, the more he or she begins to care for even Alica, who escapes in a "Goth" world that alienates more typical teens.
As the two girls slowly reveal more and more of their stories, stories of hurting, they begin to heal. However, it is a very painful process, with many setbacks and misunderstandings along the way. But, that is the way emotional healing is. This is a very realistic cinematic depiction of psychological healing.
Finally, it is very refreshing to see a teen, Deanna, concerned with her character and values. For families concerned with traditional values, this is one of the best examples of that I've seen in a teen movie. Although curious about sex, Deanna still felt it was worthwhile to protect her virginity. The movie is rated R mostly for the language, but Deanna even called Alicia on that. She let Alicia know that she didn't not approve of the foul language or 'taking the Lord's name in vain." However, she was not perfect in this either - when she thought the detective had emotionally hurt Alicia she cussed a bit. Also, when Alicia, more because she was a rebel than a lesbian, kissed Deanna, Deanna recoiled in revulsion. Again, she showed concern for her reputation and traditional morality.
If you genuinely care about people as they are and not how you want them to be, what one would call empathy, then this is 131 minutes of very well-spent time.
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