When Sam Merric becomes tired of being bullied by school bully George, he employs the help of his older brother Rocky and best friend Marty to teach George a lesson. As the group head out to the river to go rafting, they plan to play a cruel prank on George that will teach him the error of ... Read review
Fed up with being preyed upon at school by loudmouth bully George, friends Sam, Clyde and ... more
Millie decide to teach their tormentor a lesson. Inviting him out on a boat trip to celebrate Sam's birthday and joined by Sam's older brother and his friend, the group plans a prank that will put George in his place. By the end of the day, however, this close-knit group of friends will have been tested and torn apart by a series of tricky moral decisions.Mean Creek masterfully captures the lives of a group of teenagers and the effect on them when a moment of misjudgment spirals out of control.
Postage & Packaging:£0.00 Availability:Temporarily out of stock - This item will be dispatched as soon as it arrives - We cannot guarantee Christmas delivery...
With wonderfully authentic performances from a talented castincluding Rory Culkin and ... more
Trevor Morgan, first-time director JacobAaron Estes brings you a story of friendship, tolerance andforgiveness. Sam (Culkin) can't seem to forget the day he wasbeaten at school by the class bully, George. His teenage brotherRocky (Morgan) won't let him forget either. Together with his bestfriends, Rocky plans a little harmless revenge and a lesson inhumility. But when the plan turns suddenly tragic, the true lessonof consequence is one they must all learn themselves.
Beneath the surface everyone has a secret... Sam (Culkin) can't seem to forget the day ... more
he was beaten at school by the class bully George. His teenage brother Rocky (Morgan) won't let him forget either. Together with his best friends Rocky plans a little harmless revenge and a lesson in humility. But when the plan turns suddenly tragic the true lesson of consequence is one they must all learn themselves...
Postage & Packaging:£0.00 Availability:3-5 working days
Director Jacob Estes's feature film debut is a remarkably accomplished coming of age drama ... more
about death and consequences. When overweight, emotionally troubled George (Josh Peck) beats up a smaller kid named Sam (Rory Culkin) one time too many, his older brother Rocky (Trevor Morgan) and Rocky's wrong-side-of-the-tracks pal (Scott Mechlowicz) decide to teach George a lesson. Along with their friend Clyde (Ryan Kelley) who was once the brunt of George's violence himself they bring George on a boat trip with a cruel prank in mind. Sam brings his love interest, Milly (Carly Schroeder), who tries to stop the plan when she decides George is a nice guy after all. Tragic things happen nonetheless with the slow, languid rhythm of life in a small Oregon town. Along the way, Estes manages to capture many fine moments of poetic realism like the stillness of the forest around the river, the swirling eddies along the shore, a snail crawling along a leaf, and a drowning video camera. Cinematographer Sharone Meir uses colour filters and washed-out film stock to make everything glow with faded colours like old family photographs. The dialogue feels natural and the acting is precise; Estes obviously loves his cast and allows plenty of time and space for their characters to breathe, think, and be the confused kids they're meant to be.
Production Year: 2002 - Thriller - Director: Bharat Nalluri, Rob Bailey, Andy Wilson - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Matthew MacFadyen, Keeley Hawes, David Oyelowo, Peter Firth, Jenny Agutter, Lisa Faulkner
Thriller - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Timothy West, Neil Morrissey, Tara Fitzgerald, Annette Crosbie, Pauline Quirke, Rob Brydon, Denise Van Outen, John Thomson, Kevin Whately, David Suchet
Advantages: Interesting premise Disadvantages: Lack of resolve at the end
When Sam Merric becomes tired of being bullied by school bully George, he employs the help of his older brother Rocky and best friend Marty to teach George a lesson. As the group head out to the river to go rafting, they plan to play a cruel prank on George that will teach him the error of his ways. However, when it becomes clear that George has frustrations that stem from his learning disabilities, they rethink the plan. But as George continues ... ...worse and he finds himself in terrible danger.
The group find themselves facing various dilemma's during the film. Sam wants his tormentor to stop, but he doesn't want to hurt George because his girlfriend Millie has begged him not to. Rocky wants to protect his younger brother but when he realises how angry at the world Marty is he knows that this could just go too far. In the end, each of the characters have to face up to the consequences ... more
When Sam Merric becomes tired of being bullied by school bully George, he employs the help of his older brother Rocky and best friend Marty to teach George a lesson. As the group head out to the river to go rafting, they plan to play a cruel prank on George that will teach him the error of his ways. However, when it becomes clear that George has frustrations that stem from his learning disabilities, they rethink the plan. But as George continues to goad the kids, events take a turn for the worse and he finds himself in terrible danger.
The group find themselves facing various dilemma's during the film. Sam wants his tormentor to stop, but he doesn't want to hurt George because his girlfriend Millie has begged him not to. Rocky wants to protect his younger brother but when he realises how angry at the world Marty is he knows that this could just go too far. In the end, each of the characters have to face up to the consequences of their own actions.
Its Scott Mechlowicz who has the meatiest role. Scarred by his abusive father's suicide, and abused by his older brother, his character is one full of fury and rage. Mechlowicz is superb playing the angry teen full of angst and bitterness. Josh Peck as George is a little wooden, he seems a bit out of his depth as the bully who keeps venting his frustrations on the younger and smaller kids in his school. Rory Culkin is effective, but has little to do considering its he that ties all of the other character's together. Carly Shroeder is brilliant though, worldlywise beyond her years, and the obvious conscience of the group.
Jacob Aaron Estes weaves a simple, yet complicated story of a group of youngsters being torn between doing the right thing but not being responsible enough to make that choice. He does a great job of creating sympathy's that shift between each of the characters. Where you at once sympathise with George, the next moment you are willing them to extract the cruel revenge that they seem so keen to give to him. Its well enough acted by most of the lead actors, and the direction is gorgeous. But at the end of it all, the film seems a tad empty, and nobody seems to have learned anything from the experience.
The DVD is wasted, as there are very few extra's, but the film itself is worth a watch.
Advantages: Compelling, good story Disadvantages: Slow at times
exactly what he thinks of them leading to a terrible accident?
MeanCreek, not to be confused with Wolf Creek is one of those underrated dramas that manages to slip under the radar because it isn?t a big budget movie with an A-List cast but it doesn?t mean that this isn?t an extremely powerful piece of film making that will have you pondering way after it?s over.
The only recognisable member of the cast for me was Rory Culkin, Macaulay Culkin?s younger brother who is uncannily similar to his brother. The cast is excellent though and for a bunch of unknowns and for such young actors and actresses it?s a big achievement. The character that stood out for me the most was the character of Marty. He?s had deep personal trauma and when George brings that into the conversation, accidentally at first it sends him over the edge. The rest ...
Great_reviewer07 22.06.2009
· Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Mean Creek (DVD)
I saw the movie Meen Creek advertised a few weeks ago, and I really wanted to see it.
I finally got too see it this week, and really liked it.
The story is about a high school bully, much larger of the boys he intimadates. When Rock (played by Trevor Morgan) learns his younger brother is getting bullied by this kid at school, him and his friends decide to hatch a plan to teach him a lesson. What starts out as a nasty but harmless prank turns into disaster, as they be-friend the bully and take him on a boat trip down a river. Without giving too much of the plot away, they end up with a dead body on their hands, and fall out between themselves on whats the best action to take. Trust amongst the group of youngsters soon relinquish's, as their conscience gets the better of them. Will they do the right thing?
I thought this was a great ...
Advantages: a good film about teenagers, gripping story line, interesting characters Disadvantages: front cover of the dvd makes it look like a horror film which it's really not
"MeanCreek" is one of those grounding films.
The kind where after watching, you realise how sometimes you take life for granted, and it desizes your own problems.
It contains a lot of themes which are all connected, and twisted to give a moralistic ending.
I don't want to give the story away really but;
The basic outline of the plot, is how an older brother and his friends, want to get revenge on a boy that beat up his younger brother.
Only lots of twists and turns and realisations turn there originally fairly harmless prank-like plan into a disaster.
All the characters have a story to tell, a background to take note of, most notably the "bully" who suffers from a disability, and the film is sometime from his viewpoint within his video camera, and the video camera is the source that tells the truth about everything.
It ...
musebaby90 09.02.2008 (11.02.2008)
· Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of Mean Creek (DVD)
Director Jacob Estes's feature film debut is a remarkably accomplished coming of age drama about death and consequences. When overweight, emotionally troubled George (Josh Peck) beats up a smaller kid named Sam (Rory Culkin) one time too many, his older brother Rocky (Trevor Morgan) and Rocky's wrong-side-of-the-tracks pal (Scott Mechlowicz) decide to teach George a lesson. Along with their friend Clyde (Ryan Kelley) who was once the brunt of George's violence himself they bring George on a boat trip with a cruel prank in mind. Sam brings his love interest, Milly (Carly Schroeder), who tries to stop the plan when she decides George is a nice guy after all. Tragic things happen nonetheless with the slow, languid rhythm of life in a small Oregon town. Along the way, Estes manages to capture many fine moments of poetic realism like the stillness of the forest around the river, the swirling eddies along the shore, a snail crawling along a leaf, and a drowning video camera. Cinematographer Sharone Meir uses colour filters and washed-out film stock to make everything glow with faded colours like old family photographs. The dialogue feels natural and the acting is precise; Estes obviously loves his cast and allows plenty of time and space for their characters to breathe, think, and be the confused kids they're meant to be.
Compare Mean Creek (DVD) to other similar Thriller & Mystery »
![I'm Sorry That Sometimes I'm Mean [PA] - Kimya Dawson](http://imagesb.ciao.com/iuk/images/products/small/019/I_m_Sorry_That_Sometimes_I_m_Mean_PA_Kimya_Dawson__6060019.jpg)
