Standing by Yourself tracks the movements and daily machinations of a group of outcast friends in their strip-mall New York State hometown. Using everything from closely mic-ed subjects to infrared video, Standing by Yourself gets uncomfortably close to its subjects as they get drunk and high, squander money, rip-off their parents, and get in trouble with pretty much everyone in their paths as a conduit to simply having a good time. And yet, as we discover, these kids are sma... (Full plot summary below)
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Standing by Yourself tracks the movements and daily machinations of a group of outcast friends in their strip-mall New York State hometown. Using everything from closely mic-ed subjects to infrared video, Standing by Yourself gets uncomfortably close to its subjects as they get drunk and high, squander money, rip-off their parents, and get in trouble with pretty much everyone in their paths as a conduit to simply having a good time. And yet, as we discover, these kids are smarter than their actions would let on... The film captures the daily rituals and mundanities of life in such proximity that everything becomes drama. Our cast of characters both love and despise each other, their very actions acknowledging the pressures inherent in a tightly bonded peer group. The fact that the filmmakers family is integral to this slice of life takes us that much closer to it all.
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| Film ThreatPhil HallIt is a horrifying and devastating spectacle of life gone dreadfully out of control, yet it is also riveting and hypnotic in such a dramatic sensation that you are left breathless by the sequence of events which will haunt and torture for as long as your memory remains intact. |
| ReelTalk Movie ReviewsDonald J. LevitChilling in its objective portrait of dreary, lost twenty-first century America. |
| VarietyScott FoundasIn the post-Columbine era, Koury's film has its finger on something particularly potent. |
| NewsdayJohn AndersonThe longer one watches this determinedly ragged portrait of blue-collar teenage desperation ... the more one gets absorbed in the utter unbridled nihilism of its 'characters.' |
| New York PostV.A. MusettoIt accurately reflects the rage and alienation that fuels the self-destructiveness of many young people. |
| Filmcritic.comJeremiah KippStanding by Yourself is haunting...[It's] what punk rock music used to be, and what the video medium could use more of: spirit, perception, conviction. |
| The New York TimesDave KehrHighly irritating at first, Mr. Koury's passive technique eventually begins to yield some interesting results. |
| New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanKoury's harsh documentary is likely to leave you unsettled and depressed. Which is, clearly, just what it's supposed to do. |
| TV Guide MagazineKen FoxOne hopes Koury will return to this interesting project to flush out the bigger story that continues to lurk just below the surface. |
| The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThere's too much missing from Josh Koury's documentary Standing By Yourself to call it a great film, but it contains some undeniably riveting, visceral moments. |
