Director Bolton could easily have exploited the film's unsettling issues, but he takes a nonsensationalized approach that leaves viewers to decide the moral questions for themselves.
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VarietyDennis Harvey
VarietyDennis Harvey
Sometimes spare to a fault (especially scriptwise), low-key effort nonetheless holds attention with its naturalistic, nonsensationalized approach.
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Chicago ReaderTed Shen
Chicago ReaderTed Shen
One of the film's most poignant moments comes when he and his father discuss his compulsive attraction to young boys.
Few people will be able to go along with Bolton's point of view regarding relationships between adults and underage youths, but there's no denying the writer-director, in his feature debut, has avoided sensationalism in telling this story.
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New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
It's always admirable when a director decides to make a risky film. On the other hand, it's not quite as commendable to also make a boring one.
The picture is so predictable that the bad acting becomes a distraction.
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Village VoiceEd Park
Village VoiceEd Park
Preachy and humorless, Eban and Charley shocks only by the quality of its numbing solipsism.
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Portland OregonianKim Morgan
Portland OregonianKim Morgan
May be the most boring film about forbidden love ever made. Unspectacularly shot on video, terribly scripted, with zombie-like acting that borders on the absurd.