If not an entirely successful film, it's a bold and haunting one.
50
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Wants to appear bold and liberated, but it seems awfully solemn about the subculture it explores.
40
Village VoiceLeslie Camhi
Village VoiceLeslie Camhi
It manages to be both ponderous and silly.
38
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Underdeveloped and badly diluted by overlong -- and overly stylized -- forays into the drug use, street hustling and cultural alienation that mostly affects the boys' friends.
30
Film.comErnest Hardy
Film.comErnest Hardy
In trying to avoid moralizing or cheap sensationalizing, Didier sidestepped any energy force altogether and his film snoozes because of it.