
Jack's mom starts dating a bouncer in 1993-4, who later moves in. He has a son, Mark, who's same age as Jack and they become close friends. Jack and Mark get beaten up outside a diner by 3 guys and they meet and befriend Sarah. The three all attend the same high school. The dad teaches them to use pistols. The parents and the trio are later questioned separately by the police about their relationship to each other.... (Full plot summary below)
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Jack's mom starts dating a bouncer in 1993-4, who later moves in. He has a son, Mark, who's same age as Jack and they become close friends. Jack and Mark get beaten up outside a diner by 3 guys and they meet and befriend Sarah. The three all attend the same high school. The dad teaches them to use pistols. The parents and the trio are later questioned separately by the police about their relationship to each other.
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| AV ClubA.A. DowdNever does it sound much like something grunge fans might like. |
| RogerEbert.comChristy LemireAt only 24, Joris-Peyrafitte shows confidence and talent beyond his years, with an artful eye for imagery and a truthful ear for dialogue. |
| CinemacyMorgan RojasWriter and director Miles Joris-Peyrafittinto has so much to be proud of with his debut feature-length film. |
| Mediaversity ReviewsLi LaiIt's exciting to see how easily this younger generation is able to dismantle heteronormativity. |
| New York TimesGlenn KennyMuch of the movie, from its attempts to capture the confusing exhilaration of youthful experience to its predictable progressive character dynamics, is labored. |
| Village VoiceSerena DonadoniConstructed as a mystery, As You Are offers glimpses into intense adolescent bonds, just enough to remind baffled onlookers that they don't have a clue. |
| Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshThis lyrical and ethereal film mixes the stark style of a crime story into a love story, capturing the highs, lows and the deepest, darkest recesses of grungy, stoned teenage life; a life always yearning for more. |
| Punch Drunk CriticsTravis HopsonPlays at emotional authenticity on subjects such as bullying and repressed homosexuality, however its reliance on a cheap murder mystery plot reveals its true aims. |
| Salt Lake City WeeklyScott RenshawThere's something particularly dispiriting about a movie that seems predicated on edgy authenticity, then goes soaring over the melodramatic top without any self-awareness. |
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