
18-year-old Addison Schacht, a Jewish high-school senior in Washington D.C., responds to the essay question, "What are your best and worst qualities?". He explains he has only bad qualities, as illustrated by the events of his senior year. They include collecting offensive jokes; dealing drugs to his classmates; and insulting teachers, fellow students, and his girlfriend's mother. But his classmate is killed, and he begins to investigate the death.... (Full plot summary below)
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18-year-old Addison Schacht, a Jewish high-school senior in Washington D.C., responds to the essay question, "What are your best and worst qualities?". He explains he has only bad qualities, as illustrated by the events of his senior year. They include collecting offensive jokes; dealing drugs to his classmates; and insulting teachers, fellow students, and his girlfriend's mother. But his classmate is killed, and he begins to investigate the death.
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| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekLittle more than a glorified afterschool special, and the fact that it's strongly cast only adds to bewilderment about how it went so wrong. |
| Slant MagazineHenry StewartThe film advances that old Hollywood trope: Blacks can't get justice unless whites are willing to get it for them. |
| Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe starry chemistry of leads Ansel Elgort and Chloë Grace Moretz injects a modicum of energy into the coming-of-age drama, whose elements of romance, crime and smart-kid angst never coalesce. |
| VarietyOwen GleibermanIt’s a low-budget generic shrug of a movie, one that recycles clichés both ancient (testy drug dealers) and slightly less ancient (the hero films his life with a camcorder). |
| Common Sense MediaJeffrey M. AndersonIt's not terrible, and the characters are likable, but, much like its vague title, this teen crime thriller, which also has elements of comedy and romance, never finds its center or its voice. |
| RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyAll of the personages in this slight movie are relatively one-note. It’s a shame that actors as searching and scrupulous as Strathairn and Keener are so ill-used. |
| Cinemalogue.comTodd Jorgenson... begins as a mildly compelling examination of grief and catharsis before detouring into contrived vigilante territory. |
| Village VoiceApril WolfeWhat follows is something like Veronica Mars, only set in snowy D.C. and on heavy sedatives. |
| User ReviewCole CI don't get all the bad reviews. I loved this movie. It was surprisingly good. |
| User ReviewXim WLoved everything about it. Definitely a new favorite. |