Hugh Dillon, Jane Maggs, Joel Hynes

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38% liked it

53 ratings

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50% liked it

6 critics

Unrated, 1 hr. 50 min.

Directed by: Justin Simms

Release Date: January 1, 2008

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  • October 3, 2009
    This film is a depressing coming-of-age story based upon Newfoundland author Joel Hynes' first novel. It's gritty and dirty in the depiction of the main character's plummet from small community- troubled teen to a drug and alcohol addicted young man bent on self destruction.The a...( read more)uthor portrays the main character quite well and has some promise as an artist and author.

    I have'nt read the book but the film is OK...It's immature in development and chock full of cliches but this young man does a decent job of portraying his main character's angst and eventual enlightenment. A very good first project...
  • November 7, 2009
    Ok Maybe I like it because it shows what it 's like to grow up in a small East Coast town. Every town has " THIS GUY"
  • October 27, 2009
    This is a Canadian film about two young Newfoundlanders angry at the world. This young man and girl fall in love and leave their small home and move to the city of St. John's. Everything is fine at first but they grow apart. The girl then moves to Halifax, NS and the young man fo...( read more)llows shortly after to try and get her back. Of course his life is crashing around him because or drugs and alcohol. This is a very odd film at times. I could never seem to relate or like the young man. He was angry with life but they never really got into why he was. Not a bad ending to the film. But overall I found this to be a odd and at times boring movie.
  • June 10, 2009
    Good coming of age story, I enjoy the use of language in this flick, tastefully done.

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December 5, 2008
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

By the time the movie finally gets round to the narrator enumerating the life lessons learned, viewers may already be sleeping it off. full review

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