Just perfect...

Best movie of this year hands down!

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

I'd like to just briefly touch base on this film. I literally JUST finished watching this movie, and I have no idea what to think. I mean, I know that it was very well done and the story in and of itself was great, but WOW, I did not see that coming. I flipped it on by chance, and the synopsis that Directv gave was merely, (I'm paraphrasing) "when a boy's identical twin is killed, he and his friends try to cope." Umm... sure, but what about all the other incredible elements that make this movie worth watching. I liked the fact that each of these kids strives to find themselves or attain some goal, because it grabs hold of the reality of being a kid. I'm tired of seeing movies where childhood seems easy and uncomplicated.This film was great, and I will be recommending it to anyone I know.

The look of this film was horrible. It felt like a bad Disney Channel movie or a sitcom. Everything was way too illuminated, there was absolutely no depth. The inconsistent angles were incredibly distracting. I don't understand how these people get work.Also, the stereotypical nature of every character was a bit much. The obese father eating french fries while talking to the doctor, their plates of donuts, the child insisting on wearing a sweat suit and sweatbands. It was all so cliché.I wouldn't recommend this movie to anyone. That is, of course, unless you're looking for tips on how not to make a good movie.

The minute this film started playing, I was hooked. The story follows three 12 year olds who are the normal kind of kids you expect to bump into in your neighbourhood. Each has their own issues, as do all 12 year olds, and it is not till an immensely tragic death amongst them occurs, that they start confronting their issues and start trying to deal with them in their own way. Each very different. The story unravels beautifully and there are times you feel like you need to look away, and start squirming with unease and shock, and times you literally burst out laughing and then cry as well.. Well, I did anyway. I would highly recommend this to pretty much everyone I know, I cant believe it slipped through the net, and I have only just seen it. An absolute gem. To say it is like Stand By Me is a bold statement, but a deserved one. Its of the same calibre. Watch it.

Because of these two stupid mistakes, a movie with some interesting qualities was ruined. Due to the oversight of the production team this is a really stupid movie.An overweight woman with a broken hip would not be able to move. Any person with a broken hip is completely immobilized 90% of the time. The only way the character's ability to move might be explained by adrenaline and extreme motivation.Natural gas isn't toxic. A gas leak in itself cannot harm the health of a person in any way. What can be toxic is carbon monoxide from improper burning of natural gas, but the burner in the movie was not ignited. The only other health hazard from a gas leak is the risk of explosion, but in the movie there was no explosion. This is a very ignorant oversight, also was used in 'Panic Room' with propane gas which is also non-toxic.A corpse buried in less than a foot of dirt would be extremely obvious to any construction crew. When the boy buried his victim the grave was too shallow to prevent the oder of a rotting corpse to come up from the dirt, and animals would have been attracted to the site by the smell and easily would have dug into the grave exposing the corpse. The oder alone would have been obvious and permeated the area for many yards.I also found it hard to swallow when the psychiatrist mom didn't drop her patient after learning that her twelve year old daughter was found standing naked in the patient's kitchen.Because of these stupid errors this movie is a dog, which is a shame since it's due to production errors alone.