Yeah, this film is absolutely incredible. Conversations as minefields, with the imprecision of language lending itself to the explosiveness of undiluted emotions, typified by the operatic heights of the central character's self-absorption. "Life on the edges" is a central feature here, with distraction paramount to the characters' lives, the messy sprawl impossible to escape or compartmentalize in an hopelessly fragmented existence.

I loved this. Paquin gives a brave performance of an unlikeable teen that captures the messiness and unwise passions of youth. The acting is uniformly excellent, really understated and naturalistic performances, with volumes spoken by an expression. I hope we someday get to see the long version.

"The film's imperfections work in the sense that they rhyme with the agitation and sense of dislocation the characters feel." - Kalvin Henely