...with some minor tweaks.
I understand that the actors playing the rolls are actually in their mid-late 20s, and that may be a factor in this film missing the mark a bit, as it does lack that sense of teenage angst/drama that should always accompany films like this.
As part of that drama, it's always important to accentuate the emotional impact of losing a sibling, and the huge hole that leaves in a teenager's life (see Ordinary People). And I don't think that was explored enough in this film.
This is, for-all-intents-and-purposes, a teenage murder-mystery, but the mystery itself and the solving of it, does not warrant the build up to it, and in the end, nothing is really solved anyway.
The alternative is to see it as more one sister discovering the secrets of the other, but since we know the secret from about half way through the film, that also falls flat when the 'truth' is finally revealed.
Overall, it's worth watching, but it falls flat when it comes to the emotional connection between the two sisters and the people around them, and the fact that the mystery isn't compelling enough to justify the build up.
I understand that the actors playing the rolls are actually in their mid-late 20s, and that may be a factor in this film missing the mark a bit, as it does lack that sense of teenage angst/drama that should always accompany films like this.
As part of that drama, it's always important to accentuate the emotional impact of losing a sibling, and the huge hole that leaves in a teenager's life (see Ordinary People). And I don't think that was explored enough in this film.
This is, for-all-intents-and-purposes, a teenage murder-mystery, but the mystery itself and the solving of it, does not warrant the build up to it, and in the end, nothing is really solved anyway.
The alternative is to see it as more one sister discovering the secrets of the other, but since we know the secret from about half way through the film, that also falls flat when the 'truth' is finally revealed.
Overall, it's worth watching, but it falls flat when it comes to the emotional connection between the two sisters and the people around them, and the fact that the mystery isn't compelling enough to justify the build up.