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Before this afternoon special aired on television, much of the publicity made it seem like the mini-movie would be a highly-charged, no-holds-barred drug-drama in the vein of "Scared Straight!" It's not. It's a too-tidy examination of troubled teens in rehab, getting counseling for their problems and learning from tragedy. The best sequence in the film, where the kids confront their parents, features some very forceful acting by Drew Barrymore (at this point in her life experiencing much of these problems for real), but Tatum O'Neal is incredibly stiff and unsure as an ex-addict/counselor, David Birney colorless as the mediator, and Corey Feldman...well, acts like Corey Feldman (he doesn't do his Michael Jackson impersonation but his long, jet-black hair is embarrassing). Minor offering was built up in the press to be something extra special, but it was almost immediately forgotten. Certainly it meant well, and maybe it helped somebody out there.
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