The We and The I

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  • Opened March 8, 2013 (NY; 3/22 LA)
  • 1 hr 43 min
  • NR

  • Parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 16+. More on child suitability

  • It is the last day of the school year, and a group of Bronx high-schoolers board a city bus to make their way home. With the summer break ahead, and feeling more liberated than usual, this colorful crowd of kids-- the cool ones, the outsiders, and everyone in between--act out as only teens can when they are among their peers and away from authority figures. Oblivious to the grown-ups in their midst, (who are smart enough to either get out of the way or get off the bus entirely), they gossip and gloat, brag and bully, cajole and confide, exchange truths and tall tales, and spar verbally and physically. In short, they are unapologetically themselves at this pivotal point in their lives when the pressures and realities of adulthood have yet to turn them into someone else.In the course of this one afternoon, as day fades to evening and they say goodbye to one another. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Meghan Murphy, Michael Brodie, Teresa Lynn
  • Director: Michel Gondry
  • Genres: Drama

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88
Slant Magazine
| Jesse Cataldo

A delirious representation of incipient personalities in bloom, its form as amorphous and reckless as the vibrant youths it portrays. Read full review

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Chicago Sun-Times
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Upon leaving the theater I had a feeling like I just got to know a bunch of kids: some great, some annoying, but all living lives that extend beyond what little I saw of them on the screen. Read full review

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Arizona Republic
| Bill Goodykoontz

By the end of the ride, we’ll see glimpse of happiness, sadness, joy, heartbreak, maybe even tragedy, if cell phone-shot recollections are to be believed. All bases are covered, in other words, in one late-afternoon ride, a ride Gondry and his cast will make you want to take. Read full review

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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
| Rick Groen

Still, credit Gondry, like Tocqueville before him, with at least re-examining tired clichés and scraping the rust off stereotypes. Read full review

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