The movie was OK, it got its message across clearly but it could have been much better. If you want to see a school shooting movie watch Elephant its much better. The characters are more realistic,they are more typical teenagers and than representatives of stereotypes. The acting is much better, not like you picked the kids up at the high school your filming and you get more "sucked" into the movie whereas this one made me want the end to come. Some kudos to the director for some very good use of scene placement, for example how he kept switching the storyline form the pregnant couple to the girl trying to protect her virginity form her boyfriend, that seemed brilliant to me. If you've already seen this movie and liked it then go see Elephant you'll like it very similar but better.
Review of Heart of America
