Synopsis
Two troubled adolescents chronicle the events that ultimately lead up to a terrifying assault on their school.
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Cast
- Cal RobertsonCal Gabriel
- Andre KeuckAndre Kreigman
- Serataren AdragnaProm Goer
- Melissa BanksVictim
- Joshua BednarskyJosh
- Rachel BenichakRachel Lurie
- Carmine DiBenedettoVictim
- Chelsea CipollaVictim
- Christopher CoccioAndre's Cousin
- Victoria Everman1st Library Victim
Recommendations
- 90
Film Threat
This isn’t exploitation; this is a look at how things may have been with Harris and Klebold, and how something like this could easily happen again. - 80
The A.V. Club
Though comparisons to "The Blair Witch Project" are inevitable, the impeccable first-person camera technique not only makes sense dramatically, but also facilitates a complex and queasily ambiguous relationship between the conspirators and the audience. - 80
Variety
Consistently riveting. Anything but sensationalistic, pic powerfully illuminates the banality of evil, as realistically ordinary kids (played brilliantly by non-professional high schoolers) prepare to wreak havoc. - 80
Washington Post
Will chill you to your core. - 75
New York Post
Cocchio's film isn't as poetic as Gus Van Sant's hauntingly beautiful (far more expensive) "Elephant," but it has a power and immediacy that makes it much more worthwhile than "Home Room." - 70
The New York Times
What gives the movie its power is that even the most innocuous scenes in the boys' lives are shadowed by dread. - 70
Village Voice
The simulation of shaky camera amateur DV is a narrative ploy that often taxes the filmmakers' ingenuity. Still, the movie has a creepy authenticity. - 63
New York Daily News
A speculative re-enactment of the 1999 Columbine slaughter, told from the point of view of two suburban high school nihilists as they videotape themselves preparing for the last and "best day" of their lives.
