Teenage Dirtbag

Just watched it and it drew from me every emotion the director desired and then some. As the movie began I immediately thought it was older than 2009 as nothing jumped out at me that said it was a 2009 movie. It appeared to be a high school type movie but it slowly drew me in like a classical novel. I viewed troubled teenagers while easily placing myself in the lead's character role. The lead follows and mildly harasses his dream girl in school. However, the movie is so much more than your typical standard HS movie about the different groups we all experience in H.S. as it brings the creative writing element into the picture and a young troubled male opens himself up to a creative writing class but with the intent of opening himself to the girl only. Study hall leads to a fondness perhaps a forbidden fondness between the two as they are very different people experiencing life from different ends of the spectrum but not really so different. Highly recommended movie about love, different groups in High School and the darkness of a broken home. This movie can be depressing as love can often be and while it shows many aspects of a broken home and perhaps a broken lead character it can lead to strong internal hurts for those that may have experienced similar circumstances in life. I recommend viewing on a Saturday afternoon and then going out and being active so not to linger in the emotional strings that it will surely tug at within you. Rarely does a movie pull at you emotionally like this one and that makes it a true treasure