Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

Since gaining popularity as a young John Connor in Terminator 2, Edward Furlong has done a whole string of B-movies. Jimmy & Judy is one of the lesser known direct-to-video films he's done and with good cause. From the cover this film looks like some modern version of Bonnie & Clyde and it's from the writers behind Natural Born Killers, so I was expecting good things. My hopes for a good film were immediately dashed when I found out that this low budget film was shot by the actors holding camcorders. I know some people love these types of films, but the constant movement just makes me sick. If that wasn't bad enough, as it turns out the story has basically no plot, as the story follows Jimmy's courtship of his parents friends daughter. The whole first half of the movie features a ton of sex and nudity and plays like a really high end porno, from there the story gets a little better, but not by much. It's your typical boy and girl falling in love in a matter of days and stick together no matter what happens. The performances are as sloppy as the actors amateur camera work, Eddie Furlong is one of my favorite actors, but he really had nothing in this film, it was lazy, sloppy, and just really didn't keep my interest. There's a funny scene here and there and most of us wouldn't say no to some gratuitous nudity, but this film just never came together as anything more than a bunch of shaky home movies pasted together, you really won't be missing anything by skipping this film.

There are times that Furlong's (as Jimmy) acting goes on and off like a light switch – probably equally as good as it was bad. Then there's Bella (as Judy) whose acting more resembles a strobe light, again with both good and bad performances, only in her case it's within seconds. 'Jimmy & Judy' really isn't an original idea, aside from, of course, updating 'The Doom Generation,' 'National Born Killers' and of course, 'Bonnie & Clyde,' to the U-tube generation – i.e. the entire movie was shot via hand-held cameras. And even that concept really isn't new – think way back to 'The Blair Witch Project.' So, basically nothing is new to the youth gone wild genre. We have troubled young Jimmy with an equally portrayed dysfunctional family. He's infatuated with Judy who doesn't like Jimmy, then does. Who doesn't like the camera in her face, then she does. Who doesn't like nudity, then she does. Who doesn't like the crimes broken by Jimmy, and then does. And on and on. We all know where this is going, as we've been here before. Though, as previously stated, Furlong's acting, at times, when he is at calm, that is, isn't too shabby and I yearn for more of that. I've been a fan of his from his Pasadena discovery for 'T2' through his typical young-Hollywood downfall. (SEE: LaBeouf, Spears and the late Renfro.) He still has potential, but chooses to throw it away. Hence, this character of Jimmy, probably hit a little too close to home. The movie does have some shocks – not to spoil, as it was foretold to audience, it was still a surprise scene when Judy's life of crime really begins.The #1 thing that did freak me out, as this mirrors the myspace/utube generation, is that I actually saw a true life story like this unfold on Myspace in 2006 in the case of Jacob D. Robida and his girlfriend on the run. It was actually a sobering experience reading the events as they progressed, reading the responses from the other troubled kids rooting him on, kill cops, etc. So, this movie may be fiction, but is, unfortunately, ever so real. (Google his story to see that truly disturbing and hate-filled minors really do exist.)

This movie was a pleasant surprise and though reminding a lot "Natural Born Killers", from which borrowed many things, has a particular appeal of its own. Both kids are mentally disturbed and the whole story focuses on this disturbance and on the experiment of videotaping everything - by the way the manner sequences are shot is similar to "The Blair Witch Project". Edward Furlong's rage and Rachael Bella's sexual drive are visible and their outrageous behavior is believable, their chemistry is quite impressive (on the other hand they're husband and wife in the real life). I'd recommend the movie for their performances and for the street theater like atmosphere.

It's the old formula of star crossed young lovers, misfits in their families and at school, who flee on a road trip resulting in murder and culminating in self destruction. Think equal parts of "Bonnie & Clyde," "Wild at Heart," "Natural Born Killers," and any number of others. Compared to those films, however, this one suffers from lengthy unexciting intervals.Jimmy's (Edward Furlong) constant video documentation of his life is a throw-in gimmick, though it is well accomplished. A far more charming aspect that elevates this film from mediocrity is the authentic aura of infatuation between Jimmy and his girlfriend Judy (Rachael Bella). These two people are obviously captivated by one another. Reason? It was the real thing: the two actors did fall in love while making this film and married; their first child, a son, was just born (on September 21, 2006).With splendid cameos by Chaney Kley as an intoxicated meth-head and William Sadler as Uncle Rodney, the predatory leader of a drug besotted commune. Sadler's fierce soliloquy about providing a haven for society's castoffs - the "garbage culture" he calls his supplicants - may make this film worth seeing. My grades: 7/10 (B) (Seen at the Idaho International Film Festival, 09/29/06)