Rotten
This dreary independent drama is essentially an art-world soap opera, but without the melodramatic verve that makes some soap operas interesting.
Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader
Overview
A POV-style character study of an adolescent struggling with behavioral and psychological problems such as narcissism, antisocial personality disorder, depression (with suicidal ideations) and bulimia. Filmed almost five years ago, it was Hayes' first video project of any kind.
Director and cast
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Top critics, in their words
Rotten
What we have here is a household ripe with seduction, lust, betrayal and repression, all kept below the surface by increasingly strained good manners.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
...a self-important nightmare ... shallow script and boring situations. Perhaps that is the simplest way to sum up the film, boring. Offensively boring.
Amanda Mae Meyncke, Film.com
Rotten
The direction is decent, and the film is handsome. But it's finally frustrating, enigmatic in a way that suggests emptiness more than mystery.
Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten
[A] lackluster indie drama ...
Kyle Smith, New York Post
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