Just another failed attempt at creativity and greatness.

Uneven film starts as a patchy oddball comedy, before awkwardly morphing into a surprisingly dark drama, where it becomes far more successful, thanks largely to the efforts of a terrific cast (Sutherland, Lane and Yelchin are particularly good). The film can't shake off a peculiar lack of focus and point to its story, and a choppiness in its midsection which makes some plot points difficult to understand, but overall it remains compelling and endearing.

Ill-conceived, ill-informed, and misguided. The structure and tone of the film are inconsistent: the first half is light-hearted, the second half, surprisingly dark. There is not a professional anthropologist on earth who would defend the assumptions on which the film is based: no, the upper class of New Jersey cannot usefully be viewed as a "tribe"; no, "primitive tribes", whether in New Jersey or Brazil, are not inevitably violent.

Funny, quirky movie. Btw: the summary is wrong. It's about a mother and a boy (who's father is an anthropologist in South America), staying at a rich friend's place for the summer. Both get involved in this 'upper class' scene, which has some surprising twists and turns.

foul language and approves immoral sex

Average film on a rich, dysfunctional family, saved by a twist at the end.

Just another oh this is original it must be good! The only good part was the romance between the kid and the two girls.

Starts as a decent drama but turns into a shitfest in the end.

Kind of a hidden gem. Definitely underrated.

"Structured around the type of analogy that makes one pine for total sensory failure, a desire amplified by the filmmakers' clear self-satisfaction with what they believe to be a clever narrative conceit." - Nick Schager