Mean Creek [DVD]

I've always loved this movie. It's a little slow but it's very sad and realistically a real thing that happens. It's about a bully that basically has no friends because everyone is scared of him and he beats up another kid in school. The kid's older brother and 2 friends decide to get him back by tricking him and pranking him but it's a prank that goes wrong. It's sad because the bully was so happy thinking he had friends when that's really all he wanted.

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Inevitably compared with Rob Reiner's 1986 classic "Stand By Me", Jacob Aaron Estes' "Mean Creek" stands up well to the comparison.Essentially, it is a simple story of young teenager Sam (Rory Culkin) whose older brother and friends plot revenge on George, a school bully (Josh Peck). Revenge is to take the form of a river trip where George is to be stripped and abandoned to find his own way home . . . but George, at close quarters, turns out to be rather different, if not actually likeable. Things go horribly wrong and the kids are left to deal with far more than bullying.Like "Stand By Me", this film has brought together a group of young actors whose performances are seamless. Each character is individual and utterly believable.Estes tells a moral tale without, even for a moment, becoming maudlin or sentimental. Beautifully filmed in an exquisite setting, it is a disturbing movie which makes its viewers re-examine their own adolescent behaviour.

This is my all time favorite movie! I love how in depth this movie is with how it makes you feel towards every character. I was blown away with how this movie played out and I still am today. I love Rory Culkin and the other cast is amazing in it too. It a movie that makes you wonder what you would do in a situation like that and how scared you would be in it.

This movie shook me to the core. From the start of the movie i knew it wasn't going to end well, but i just couldn't stop watching. This is a very important movie. Everyone, both young and old needs to see this movie. It shows us how important it is to practice understanding and tolerance. As well as not to judge people before we take the time to find out what caused them to be that way. Watch this movie!

Loved this movie, it was one of the those movies when it came out didn't get a lot of notice, but it was great. Wouldn't you like to get back at your bully. That just what these kids did, but to get back a horrible accident happens, that will change the lives of these kids.

This is a poignant tale of lost innocence and destroyed lives; of hapless youths - mostly white trash - inexorably following a path that's beyond their control. A rather desolate fatality pervades the movie, and this is emphasised by the uniformly fine, measured performances from the young cast. But herein lies the problem: although the film succeeded in moving this viewer there is too much predictability to the plot and it's clear from very early on what's going to happen. This in itself isn't a huge flaw but coupled with the fact that this is pretty familiar territory means that the film only really works on one level: that of the fine performances. The first time writer/director Jacob Aaron Estes clearly shows promise but he'll need to be more original if he's to have a truly notable career.

One of my favorite films, in the top tens at least. Jacob Aaron Estes did a great job directing this film, very beautifully shot. Sharone Meir did a fantastic job on cinematography. Great actors and a great plot. Reminds me of Stand by me. I recommend this. 5 stars.