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14 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Film ThreatEric CamposFilm ThreatEric CamposThis isn’t exploitation; this is a look at how things may have been with Harris and Klebold, and how something like this could easily happen again.
- 80The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasThough comparisons to "The Blair Witch Project" are inevitable, the impeccable first-person camera technique not only makes sense dramatically, but also facilitates a complex and queasily ambiguous relationship between the conspirators and the audience.
- 80VarietyVarietyConsistently riveting. Anything but sensationalistic, pic powerfully illuminates the banality of evil, as realistically ordinary kids (played brilliantly by non-professional high schoolers) prepare to wreak havoc.
- Will chill you to your core.
- 75New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickCocchio's film isn't as poetic as Gus Van Sant's hauntingly beautiful (far more expensive) "Elephant," but it has a power and immediacy that makes it much more worthwhile than "Home Room."
- 70The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottWhat gives the movie its power is that even the most innocuous scenes in the boys' lives are shadowed by dread.
- 70Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanThe simulation of shaky camera amateur DV is a narrative ploy that often taxes the filmmakers' ingenuity. Still, the movie has a creepy authenticity.
- 63New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsA speculative re-enactment of the 1999 Columbine slaughter, told from the point of view of two suburban high school nihilists as they videotape themselves preparing for the last and "best day" of their lives.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterMeant to be purposefully banal. Unfortunately, there's a thin line between purposefully banal and simply banal, and Ben Coccio's debut feature too often crosses it.