A rather bland film with various strong points. First off, the pretty pictures of the posh side of New York are nice to watch. Dominique Swain is not a great actress, but still in every film she displays an attractive cuteness, and beside her there are plenty more pretty schoolgirls to be enjoyed (some of them even went on to do more well-known stuff). The late Brad Renfro plays another troubled teen, and even funny man Scott Thompson pops up in a serious role. Then there are quite a few elements in the story that make for some spicy drama-ingredients, that might well have really worked...
But as I said before, there is a blandness to all of it that keeps me from going really under in this teen tale of... well, teen stuff gone bad, basically. It does have its moments, and at those moments that blandness has a sort of stilled quality to it, but it altogether stays unconvincing. And then the voice-over... pretty much totally unnecessary, sounding much like 'dear diary'-entries.
5 out of 10, and that's me being generous.
But as I said before, there is a blandness to all of it that keeps me from going really under in this teen tale of... well, teen stuff gone bad, basically. It does have its moments, and at those moments that blandness has a sort of stilled quality to it, but it altogether stays unconvincing. And then the voice-over... pretty much totally unnecessary, sounding much like 'dear diary'-entries.
5 out of 10, and that's me being generous.