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Dean Stiffle knows the score. Hillside--a beautiful community in Anywhere, USA--may look like a postcard from the frontlines of the American Dream, but teenage Dean knows better. When Troy, Dean's best friend and the town's leading drug dealer, hangs himself in his bedroom his death throws the community's carefully maintained psychotherapeutic balance into disarray. At school, in an effort... See Full Description
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Comedy, Drama and Teen |
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| Running Time: |
1 hr. 42 min. |
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| Release Date: |
August 5th, 2005 (NY/LA) |
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| MPAA Rating: |
R for language, violent content, drug material and some sexuality. |
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| Distributors: |
Picturehouse, Newmarket Films
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| U.S. Box Office: |
$49,526 |
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| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade:
N/A
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E! Online,
"...trite plot mechanics could be forgiven if it were either funny enough or dramatically weighty enough to be as memorable as the movies it apes." Full Review...
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Rolling Stone, Peter Travers
"An appallingly clumsy and stupid take on drugs, kidnapping and suicide in suburbia." Full Review...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Sean Axmaker
"The few genuine moments of connection...are as refreshing as they are out of place." Full Review...
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