boy, does it kick goals! There's some real fun to be had here

Full Review | Sep 12, 2006

The cast keeps it watchable, but it's not a flick you'll remember for more than 45 minutes.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Mar 21, 2006

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Dec 14, 2005

Even after 18 years of seeing every movie that plays here, I'm still surprised by some films. I even gave this one conflicting ratings.

Full Review | Original Score: 0/4 | Nov 2, 2005

Why did anyone bother making a teen movie after Heathers? No, really, why?

| Original Score: D | Oct 28, 2005

For sheer nerve, I give it full marks, even if it can't quite overcome its limitations in other areas.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 27, 2005

(They) let their political agenda blunt the laughs, or, conversely, let their comedic inclinations dilute the film's social message.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 25, 2005

What a wasted opportunity.

Full Review | Oct 24, 2005

Leaving the expression of 17 year-olds to the care of 35 year-old men is a good pathway to mediocrity, and a sure promise of insufferable, bogus screenwriting.

| Original Score: C- | Oct 23, 2005

occasionally approaches a provocative topic... only to scurry back into the safety zone of slapstick and put-downs.

| Oct 22, 2005

The screenplay tries to shake too many trees and ends up preaching - stabbing at straw men rather than taking the time to investigate problems with the education system.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 22, 2005

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 22, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: C | Oct 22, 2005

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 22, 2005

Would be easier to root for if it weren't so very pleased with itself.

| Oct 21, 2005

A muddled mess whose message gets lost in the confusion.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Oct 21, 2005

While a title card at the beginning of the picture says the story is inspired by true events, it really should read, 'Inspired by another film.'

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 21, 2005

Filmmaker Josh Stolberg claims to have been inspired by real-life events, but mostly he ineptly rips off other movies and wastes a cast that includes Rosanna Arquette, Adam Arkin and Elizabeth Perkins.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Oct 21, 2005

It's baffling how a movie that cries on the behalf of idealistic, misunderstood teenagers could portray its heroes so one-dimensionally and anyone on the opposite side as a ruthless Neanderthal.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Oct 21, 2005

You get the exhausting feeling that Stolberg is desperately trying to prove how cool he is.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 21, 2005