USA, 2002. Directed by Peter Care. Emile Hirsch, Kieran Culkin, Jena Malone, Vincent D'onofrio, Jodie Foster.
Not sure what I was expecting when I started to watch this coming-of-age drama, but it certainly wasn't what I got. It doesn't quite know what it wants to be, beginning as it does as a comedy, developing into a Stand By Me-type rite-of-passage drama and culminating in tragedy, having embraced comic-book animation along the way. It tries too hard to be too many things, which is a shame because there is a lot of good stuff here. It will remain one of the more curious choices for Jodie Foster, cast as a hard-line nun, who also co-produced. Well acted by all the young cast though and worth a look.
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