Our Guys: Outrage at Glen Ridge

The film is really great. It shows both the positive and negative effect when we're telling the truth. What will happen to my friend if i reveal the truth about them. Will i ever have another friend. Will I hurt my other friends who trying to help me? - I think these questions is very difficult to respond to especially if you're the one who being put in the same situation as Leslie in the film. I personally really like the film a lot, it shows me the desire of friendship when you're alone, isolated from everyone emotionally because they think you're not part of the group, and i do see this happen a lot especially in the school community and also mostly in a teens environment. I'm every into film making, and i wish to be a film maker in the future years. Thank You

This film deals with the true case that occurred in Glen Ridge, New Jersey with the graduating class of 1989. Obviously, what the students did to this girl is disturbing and inexcusable. What is also offensive is the attitude of the community, school and parents; the denial and discrimination.

Eric Stoltz is excellent as prosecutor Dan Laurino,who empathizes with the victim (well-done by Heather Matarazzo). The character Ally Sheedy portrays is a detective who used to work in NYC, and is now on the task force, prosecuting the members of the football team who took part in the gang-rape of a mentally disabled student.

There is much denial and deferral of responsibility, the group mentality of "don't make waves" and the accusations that, as an unstable person, the character Matarazzo portrays had deserved, and even asked for, what happened to her. It is the utmost disgrace that American communities like this still react this way.

The next time you see a tragedy in the local news, and a neighbor comments they couldn't believe it happened in his/her neighborhood, chalk it up to the mechanism of denial; the fact that people cannot comprehend such things does not mean they are not happening every day, and that we need stricter laws protecting the disabled. 10/10

I never really thought of seeing this movie, because I thought it would spoil my perfect, picturesque vision of Glen Ridhe, the town I live in. I love my town and I have a lot of amazing friends, and I hang out at the local hot spots. But this really opened my eyes. Sports is a huge influence on popularity at Glen Ridge. I am not very athletic but I am one of the two or three lucky ones who are popular for a reason other than athleticism. The male athletes are, needless to say, Gods, and having one of them as your boyfriend is a ticket to popularity. Living in Glen Ridge and knowing the atmosphere makes it almost obvious that something like this would happen. Even the parents, teachers and police officers look up to these jocks. It is now starting to spread to girls. Please see this movie- it shows a typical suburban small town at a different, and eye opening angle.

Do not be daunted by the sensational nature of the crime, depicted in this film. The director did not go for shock value. This film is sensitive and poignant despite the grotesque nature of the crime.

This is not your typical made for TV movie. For Heather Matarazzo's performance alone, put this film on your "must see" list. Since the producers used the real names of several perpetrators, I feel confident that the script must be very accurate. (Some of the guilty were shielded from public exposure due to their status as minors.) Most "based on a true story" movies take great liberties with facts, characters and events to make a more dramatic or cohesive film and I tend to dismiss them as entertainment, not documentary.

If you watch this film, I think you will be haunted by the protagonist long after the final credits.

This is one of best movies about rape that I have ever seen. I usually do not watch movies about rape since Lifetime shows the same, typically-scripted ones with predictable endings. But this one was quite exceptional. Heather was outstanding in her performance, and the writers were firm at portraying the snobby, reckless, middle-class boys as the gods of the sports-oriented school; then there's that outcasted punk-looking guy that supported Ally's character in understanding the town's fascination with the jocks; and the African-American boy whose honesty was twisted into betrayal, leaving him socially and racially outcasted in the town.

I really enjoy the small-town suburbia chemistry because there are places like that around the country, so this movie makes you more aware of that, and that no matter how bad people turn against you, it's always best to stick to the truth and to fight for justice.

Rating: 9/10