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Great soundtrack, great storyline. Each generation has had its own version of "Suburbia", this would be the unnofficial new version

Teenagers. Their music. Their loneliness. And their own refuges. It is not easy to define it because it can be discovered as portrait of 1990 decade, about parenthood, about friendship, music and the entire ball defining the teens life, including suicide . It is not a remarkable film. Only a decent one, with beautiful sparkles of acting and a good soundtrack.

I guess I'll be the first with a negative review for this movie. Scoring this movie with the highest score possible is just ridiculous. A perfect ten means to me that you could watch this movie over and over without being bored so I challenge everybody that scored it with a ten to watch it three times in a row. It's a movie you just watch once and than forget everything about it within the week. There are some 'good' scenes, mostly music scenes, where I smiled but overal it's just not worth your time. The acting wasn't that great either. It's low budget and it just shows.

I found it hard to rate this. If you're looking for an entertaining movie, this really isn't it. If you're looking for a pretty accurate depiction of a family with teenagers that's mostly rather depressing and pretty much of a downer, then this is for you.

Music is a central theme in the movie, making it watchable for me; the soundtrack is well-suited and pretty cool. The movie portrays some authentic teen (as well as the mom and dad's) angst while uncovering each's particular situation they're struggling with. Really good acting on everyone's part, and a good message. It's not at all uplifting. If you're struggling to get through it, at least be sure to fast forward to around 1:23-ish and watch the AA scene, which I consider to be the point of the movie and an important message for all to hear.

This film centers around teen siblings, Thomas and Bridget, in the late 90s. Both of them use music as a tool to express their feelings, but they are into different genres. Thomas is inspired by grunge and Kurt Cobain, while Bridget enjoys rap and hip-hop.

The experiences these teens go through in the late 90s are as real as they come. Drugs and depression are just a few of the experiences they go through as they try to grasp who they are and who they want to be. I was born in the 80s, so this was not my high school experience, but it slightly reminded me of the short-lived tv show My So Called Life with Claire Danes and Jared Leto.

This movie didn't just portray real life, but was inspired by William Dickerson's life and Bridget's rap persona, Bri Da B, is largely influenced by his late sister. It touched on a lot of stuff that people don't want to talk about but need to - mental illness being one of them. This movie was hard to watch at times because it was real, but it was well-written and told a story of music and teen angst in the late 90s.