While the story is fiction, the feeling and appearance of this movie is documentary like in its gritty reality. If the movie had make-up artists and wardrobe consultants they should get many kudos for making up believe in the reality of what the movie contains. The apartments, the people, and the scenes are authentic. There is no attempt to brush away stereo-types about cultures or lifestyles. If you let yourself you can really feel like you're there with these awkward adolescent characters who are struggling to find themselves and someone to trust in the harsh reality of the world. Its a good solid movie to be appreciated for how it depicts life as it really is for many people. Its a movie you have to see to really understand. It doesn't go for the hard shock values of "Kids", but it makes you feel that you are walking right down the street in your own sneakers feeling the pebbles on the asphalt underneath your feet and the grit under your finger nails.
Review of Raising Victor Vargas
