Dare (2009)
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64% of critics liked it
(14 reviews) -
34% of users liked it
(45,790 ratings)
In high school, what kind of person did you dare to be: risk-taking and lustful, melancholy and confused or simply safe and over-achieving? "Dare" follows three very different teenagers through the last semester of high school. There are Alexa, the overachieving good girl who longs to… More In high school, what kind of person did you dare to be: risk-taking and lustful, melancholy and confused or simply safe and over-achieving? "Dare" follows three very different teenagers through the last semester of high school. There are Alexa, the overachieving good girl who longs to break out of her shell; Ben, the melancholy outsider confused about his sexuality; and Johnny, the rich kid who has everything, including good looks, but hides behind his bad boy persona. This unlikely trio fall into each other's lives and each other's arms, making a last ditch effort to shake things up before they actually have to start living as adults.
- Directed By
- Adam Salky
- Written By
- David Brind
- Genres
- Drama
- In Theaters
- Nov 13, 2009 Wide
- Studio
- Image Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
Brind's screenplay is pregnant with fascinating questions of identity and social anxiety. And Salky knows how to create a mood.
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Gerrick Kennedy, Los Angeles Times
The film lacks the comedic charm of American Pie, but with its dark, hyper-sexualization of teens, it offers an engrossing if not soap opera-esque tale of self-discovery.
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A.O. Scott, New York Times
Dare feels a bit unfinished, at once overreaching and underrealized. But there is a lot of intelligence, and considerable daring, in the basic conceit.
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V.A. Musetto, New York Post
Dare is a high school coming-of-age film that dares to push the envelope. It doesn't always succeed, but that's not for lack of trying.
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Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
The actors, all great camera subjects, help give director Adam Salky's overly pat movie a trace of confessional conviction.
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Cast
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Emmy Rossum
as Alexa Walker
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Zach Gilford
as Johnny Drake
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Ashley Springer
as Ben Berger
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Ana Gasteyer
as Ruth Berger
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Alan Cumming
as Grant Matson
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Sandra Bernhard
as Dr. Serena Mohr
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Rooney Mara
as Courtney
- Michael Cassidy
- Adam Fleming
