The Standard

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I saw this at the "world premiere" at SIFF. This movie is so wonderfully accurate, you can't help but sit and think, wow, that kid is in my high school (not to mention whoa, my high school), and you feel a connection, no matter how distant the connection may be, with almost every character. It has a lot of meaning, and is different in many ways to other films about teens. It shows a different side to a student, and is really eye opening. I thought it was great and would recommend it to everyone. It is an intense film, with a great approach to showing the characters, my meaning, not showing to much or to little, as to not affect your opinion about them other then what you see. All in all, it has humor, love, and some real heart wrenching moments, Jordan Albertson did an amazing job and I hope everyone who wants to will see it.

This movie was shown to my cinema 201 class and the second it was over i immediately wanted to watch it again. The story is very clever and the ending is very surprising. There is a lot of good humor in the movie that high school and college aged people would really enjoy. The actors were all really good and their characters were very believable. This movie deals with what high school is really like and how stressful it is and the many different things teenagers deal with. After the movie was shown Jordan Albertsen the director answered all of our questions and talked to us about the making of his movie. It was really awesome to hear what he had to say and the input that he shared with us about making a film was really beneficial and interesting. I suggest that everyone sees this movie! it is great!

This is the first movie based on high school life that I've seen that actually resembled high school. The dialogue is dead on, the characters are real, you knew (or know) people like this in your high school. You can watch the situations unfold and almost know what will happen, because you've been there before.

The movie centers around Dylan, who doesn't know what he wants to do with his life. All around him are adult figures who are putting on the pressure to make the "right" decision and take action for his future, while he's just trying to get through the last two weeks before graduation when he'll be home free with his girlfriend.

The Standard breaks away from the "clean view" of high school that most movies portray. It shows what it's like to be a frustrated teen who isn't ready to make the big decisions, or just doesn't want to yet. It allows you to feel that pressure again, of life sneaking up, of feeling like your decisions will be made without thought because everyone wants you to do what they tell you to do.

The movie comes to an eye-opening finish, giving you an accurate final vision of how high school, along with life in general, truly is.

Just saw this at my college in Western Washington. First off I should point out that we usually have pretty lame guests, so having a real filmmaker bring a real film was quite the treat. So writer/director Jordan Albertsen was our guest, and sneak previewed an "almost finished" version of his film "The Standard". All I can say is wow. It left me speechless. It's defiantly best to go into this movie not knowing much about it. It's an extremely powerful film, and quite the debut for Mr. Albertsen (who was only 22 when he shot it!). The trailer would lead you to believe that it's a regular "coming of age" type film, but if anything it rips apart those clichés. I really don't want to go into any spoilers, but I will say that this is a movie that not everyone is going to like, but is a film everyone should see. It will defiantly spark controversy, and discussion (believe me, people are still talking about it). Everyone really seemed blown away by the film. Jordan Albertsen has made a film unlike any other I can think of, and it's very bold. I can't wait to see it again, and look forward to seeing what else Jordan has to offer the world of film.