If you're looking for a "teen movie" this is not it. Having said that, it is about teens with respect to the 2 main characters. A few reviewers said there is nothing disturbing about it and that the 2 leads don't elicit any empathy/sympathy....that mirrors the attitudes of many of the males in the movie towards them. If you don't have any empathy for them, you may want to examine your own attitudes.....which is what the director is getting us to do. Hurt people hurt people. We're all familiar with this expression.
The relationships between the young women and between Lou and her brother do show their humanity and, it is through them, along with their circumstances, that we come to feel something for them.
The filming is well done and features a fair bit of hand-held camera, tight angles, but without being overly obvious for the most part. The way it was filmed and the lighting help to convey the atmospheres of the varying moods and moments.
Don't watch it expecting some highly produced masterpiece or Hallmark production but it is a film worth watching.
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