Mean Creek (DVD)

...to a terrible accident… Mean Creek, 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 ...
...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 of the group back out of the plan as soon as they get to the river but Marty is adamant that they should still do it. His acting was probably the strongest ...

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So what does the box say first of all: "Fed up with being preyed upon at school by loudmouth bully George, friends Sam, Clyde and 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 ...
...good so far I hear you say, well it should be but it isn't. Now, if you've got any sense to you at all your probably thinking prank on a river, goes wrong, I wonder if he drowns? Well there in lies the first problem with the film. Before it even starts you think you know what is going to happen - and you are right. Trying to put that aside how do the other elements of the film stand up? When the film starts the first thing you notice is that neither ...

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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 ...
...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 story, with a great young cast. I become very involved in the story from the get-go. The only dissapointment I ...

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This DVD I picked as it seemed to be a horror/thriller tale. It stars one of the culkin brothers, and is basically about a group of friends. An overweight lad beats up culkin because he touched his camera. Culkin tells his older brother, who then tells his mates, and who then decide to plot a revenge. The older boys have their own issues. One has 2 dads, and one has no dad and doesnt get on well with his brother. They decide to pretend its culkins ...
...then plan to make the bully strip, push him in the water, and walk home naked. Anyway, they pick up the bully, and he has bought a present for culkin. On the way there we learn the bully has a learning disorder, and it starts to make you see some reason for why he is how he is. We also know he videos everything ( hence the big reaction when culkin touched his vamera). A girl culkin knows also goes with, but she originally doesnt know anything, ...

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"Mean Creek" 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 ...
...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 covers all the basic issues teenagers can go through, and is a film all teenagers should see really as it could easily be very ...

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...a victim. The beauty of Mean Creek is the characters, you cannot help but empathise with and may change some views on how we relate to bullies. There are some moments that really tug at the heart strings, not least the video diary of George trying to come to terms with his learning difficulty. This is challenging, clever and thought provoking. The DVD extra's are well worth a look, particularly the cast comentary. Cast: Sam - Rory Culkin. Rocky ...

hotspur_blue 07.03.2006 (15.03.2006) · Read full review
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