18

"18" is a powerful film that really makes you think. It shows how easily the average Greek can flip from one extreme to another, how poverty and bad education can play a significant role to our choices.

The movie does a great job of showing how a young person without proper education can turn into a racist, bully, thief, and fascist. It's a clear warning about how vulnerable kids are to bad influences if they don't have strong values (even if they believe the opposite!) and education.

The film also doesn't shy away from showing the impact of family. It really hits home how much damage indifferent and disengaged parents can cause to their kids. The young actors were fantastic, playing their characters in a very believable way.

Sincerely I cannot understand why the ratings are so low. The movie was pretty good. The movie illustrates some social aspects of greek society, during COVID-19. The protagonists struggle in every day life. Poverty, racism, violence, fascism are some realistic pictures from every day life in Greece during the last decade. A general picture of the social problems, that people experience every day in Athens. The teenagers are not born bad, the conditions make them bad. The point of view of the director is pretty good, the actors are young and play well. Good use of camera, truthful dialogues, well directed sex scenes. In general a good new greek cinema movie. Nice try, well done!!!