The Dirties
The line between reality and fiction starts two blur when two best friends start making a movie about getting revenge on bullies.
July 01, 2016
To deny the overall accomplishments of The Dirties would be an injustice; Johnson's debut promises great things to come.
October 04, 2013
A shooter story that creeps up on you with humor and personality, featuring characters so likable the thought that they could transform into killers is at first unthinkable -- which is precisely the point.
October 01, 2013
Technically cruddy and tiresome in its we've-seen-a-lot-of-movies dialogue ...
November 12, 2014
It is to ripped-from-the-headlines movies what The Blair Witch Project was to horror movies.
October 26, 2018
The realism of the movie is the other captivating element. It's one of the most honest portrayals of life as a teen geek in high school.
June 05, 2014
It may wind up as the year's most significant horror film; it's certainly among the most original.
October 03, 2013
Remarkable as much for its insights as for its audacity, "The Dirties" approaches school violence with a comic veneer that slowly shades into deep darkness.
August 21, 2018
The performances are all extremely natural and believable.
August 12, 2014
The found footage genre at its most potent as a storytelling tool
October 03, 2013
In such a cluttered cultural space, it feels so startlingly fresh, urgent, honest and real.
September 27, 2014
From the brink of escaping high school, to swirling into a maelstrom The Dirties is the kind of film that will ruin you, but devastate so artfully that your faith in humanity is restored.
October 03, 2013
A masterful blend of black humor and queasy dread ...
