A fun but also unsettling film, tackling head-on the issue of how to be young and aware of global inequality in a world that not only doesn’t care, but openly mocks you for caring. There’s also a nice, symbolic 3-way relationship & the perspective of a villain/victim/father-figure. What’s wonderful about this film is that it deals with large issues, and even though much of it is shot in the fast-paced EXTREME! youthful style, it leaves many blanks to argue and think about. Did the kids have parents? And how to interpret the twist ending? (The internet has many theories floating about the ending — turns out there is a slight differential between European and American versions. . .leading to further theories that Capitalist America wasn’t *ready* for the European version. . .although the European version is more of the “happy” ending. . . so go figure.) Anyway, a very good movie.
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Jordan Hoffman is a New York-based writer and film critic working for The Guardian, Vanity Fair, Thrillist, Times of Israel, NY Daily News and elsewhere.
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