Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film