Time Out New York
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Critic Rating:
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4
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By David Fear
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Feb 25, 2011
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Adam Salky's high-school soap offers a virtual Spumoni of caricatured adolescent hand-wringing. When subtlety equals a drama-class performance of A Streetcar Named Desire's rape scene, expect a bumpy ride.
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Boxoffice Magazine
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Critic Rating:
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5
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By John P. McCarthy
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Feb 25, 2011
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Quite good in brief stretches but not distinguishable enough overall, freshman director Adam Salky's picture evinces the coming of age confusion he's chronicling.
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Examiner.com
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Critic Rating:
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0
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By Adam Lippe
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Feb 25, 2011
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Director Adam Salky nails down the notion that when your fantasies come true, sometimes they are awkward and unsatisfying. There's a reason they didn't seem realistic....
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Entertainment Weekly
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Critic Rating:
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5
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By Owen Gleiberman
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Feb 25, 2011
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The actors, all great camera subjects, help give director Adam Salky's overly pat movie a trace of confessional conviction.
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Village Voice
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Critic Rating:
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2
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By Andrew Schenker
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Feb 25, 2011
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Zach Gilford's game performance is still no match for the film's catalog of easy ironies, awkward framings, and advice on how to play Blanche DuBois cribbed from season 4, episode 2 of The Simpsons.
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AfterElton.com
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Critic Rating:
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8
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By Alonso Duralde
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Feb 25, 2011
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Unlike so many films that paint a rosy picture of adolescence for adults with fuzzy memories, Dare has the courage of its convictions.
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New York Post
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6
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By V.A. Musetto
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Feb 25, 2011
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Dare is a high school coming-of-age film that dares to push the envelope. It doesn't always succeed, but that's not for lack of trying.
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Los Angeles Times
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Critic Rating:
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6
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By Gerrick Kennedy
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Feb 25, 2011
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The film lacks the comedic charm of American Pie, but with its dark, hyper-sexualization of teens, it offers an engrossing if not soap opera-esque tale of self-discovery.
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New York Times
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7
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By A.O. Scott
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Feb 25, 2011
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Dare feels a bit unfinished, at once overreaching and underrealized. But there is a lot of intelligence, and considerable daring, in the basic conceit.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
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Critic Rating:
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6
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By Carrie Rickey
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Feb 25, 2011
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Brind's screenplay is pregnant with fascinating questions of identity and social anxiety. And Salky knows how to create a mood.
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