So-so film about a young man sent to a prep school by his obnoxious dad, so he won't get sent to juvenile hall. That's it--the whole film. It's well done, well-acted, fairly good dialogue, but there's nothing to it. No conflict, no real problem, no nothing! I think the real problem here is editing...this film shows HEAVY signs of prerelease cutting. More than once events are referred too and never shown. And we're talking significant events, not just minor little things. A revelation at the end of the film makes no sense because if refers to (VERY casually) to something that we never saw! Also the kid supposedly has problems with his mother's death (and it leads to a big out of nowhere speech), but it's not even brought up until the end of the picture! So, what's left is an OK movie, just very jumbled and inconsequential. Worth a video rental on half-price night...maybe.
Review of Outside Providence
