Overall I thought this was a good movie. It really wasn't much more than a gritty coming of age movie about a punk-ass teenager, but it did that very well, and not in a popcorn-teenage-movie kind of way. Kieran Culkin can act, and seems to be picking up where his older brother left off career-wise. Ryan Phillippe continues to disappoint me with yet another sterile performance -- it looks like we might have the next Christian Slater on our hands, but Phillippe's flaccid performance wasn't enough to drag the film down.
Bottom line: 7/10
Bottom line: 7/10