Mean Creek

United States

2004

87 Min

Color

1.85:1

English

Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
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EXEC Deborah Del Prete, Gigi Pritzker, Nancy Stephens

PROD Susan Johnson, Rick Rosenthal, Hagai Shaham

CAST Rory Culkin, Ryan Kelley, Scott Mechlowicz, Trevor Morgan, Josh Peck, Carly Schroeder, Branden Williams, Raissa Fleming, Heath Lourwood, Ryan Peterson, Michael Fisher-Welsh, J.W. Crawford, Shelly Lipkin, Kaz Garas, Hagai Shaham, Melissa Brooks

MUSIC tomandandy

Sundance (American Spectrum), Cannes (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs)

Synopsis

Set in a small Oregon town where secrets are hard to keep and lies even harder, Mean Creek flows with a simple elegance of truth and consequences as it follows a crisis in the lives of its teen characters, keenly directed by first-timer Jacob Aaron Estes.

The journey within begins as a plot for playful payback on a local troublemaker; the journey onscreen begins with a river, as a ragtag group of troubled-and-not teenagers set out on a boat trip to celebrate the birthday of their youngest member. As a sort of boyish Heart of Darkness trip develops, cracks in the crew form when some of the teens have second thoughts about what they are about to do. –Sundance Film Fesitval

Director

Jacob Aaron Estes

Jacob Aaron Estes (born 6 September 1972) is an American screenwriter and film director.

Estes wrote and directed his feature debut, Summoning, in 2001. With 2004’s Mean Creek, his second offering as writer-director, he gained critical acclaim, receiving nominations at various film festivals and winning the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award. That same year he wrote the screenplay for Rick Rosenthal’s Nearing Grace, which he adapted from the Scott Sommer novel. He currently is working on The Gifted starring Ralph Fiennes. —Wikipedia

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Effendi Ben Smith-Malick

28Feb12

Intolerance is a tricky thing, you fat fuck. Wait. I've learned nothing.

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Tom Barnard

13Jan12

Deliverance with kids.

shaun morrison

26Jun11

Really well done i loved the characters the acting was flawless exspecially from the kids and the movie has this beautful grity look to it thats so cool

Shelley

8Jun11

this did not turn out as expected and I ended up not really liking this movie. the characters were underdeveloped but the plot was good. however, after the climax of the whole film, everything dies down...for good. like nothing else interesting happens after that. and some characters who shouldn't be similar in antics were very similar (i.e. the enemy and a good guy). overall a dissapointment. not really worth seeing