Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Beanbioca As Good As It Gets

Limerculer A waste of 90 minutes of my life

hannahjudovits Brilliant cast with Emory Cohen, John Leguizamo, Mike Epps, William H. Macy, Felicity Huffman, and Heather Lind, who all play key roles in bringing Stealing Cars to life. The plot follows Billy an underrated intelligent teenage boy and his life at the Bernville Camp For Boys. Throughout the film, Billy is faced with a series of challenges such as his ability to lead and his accept his past and himself. The film illuminates the lifestyle that teenagers are exposed to when living in a corrupt juvenile prison system and how support networks can be very crucial. Although Stealing Cars does not have much to do with the title, the film illustrates something deeper and more meaningful that is powerfully illustrated and beautifully portrayed through the sophistication of Billy's mind. The production itself is outstanding as each location contributes to setting the mood for the audience. In addition the chemistry between Cohen and his fellow co-stars demonstrate passion and intensity that is very present throughout the film.

rt-59493 This movie is well worth watching. I am shocked at the low rating being given. The acting is completely genuine. The Story is gripping and important. I can only put the low reviews down to a jaded public. I suppose there have been too many movies made about this subject, but at least it is real life. And it is not overly dramatic. Billy's talk may be over the heads of some viewers, but he is actually extremely intelligent and often quoting from books. It lends real interest to the movie, and is effective at showcasing his thoughts.Yes, the supporting cast are a cast of familiar faces, however they are all good actors and contribute to the film.If you go for fantasy and sci-fi as most of the population does, I suppose this is only a 5.4 in that world. But in the world of reality it merits a 10.

rcarter-88086 Saw this April 1 and there is no April Fools' about the content and acting of this intense film. There are too many young people dropped into badly regulated programs for young offenders. This film delves into that world and with a startlingly strong performance from Emory Cohen and strong performances from other more prominent actors, such as John Leguizamo, Mike Epps, Felicity Huffman, Heather Lind and William H. Macy provide a view of this dark world and how it fails our young. Especially those with spirit and talent. Other actors who shine in this film are Leopold Manswell, Jeff Lima and Paul Sparks.Hope you get a chance to see it and thanks to the entire production group, writers and crew for getting it made and to Director Bradley Kaplan for bringing it to life.

Kristjan This is one of those films which didn't have too much cash to splash but tries to counter that with meaningful story and perhaps a little more alternative approach. Stealing Cars focuses around a teenage boy who basically has emotionally fallen apart, but rather than being sad and isolated starts to "rebel" and does some no good.And the film does quite a few things right, actually. It keeps the viewers guessing what's going on until the very end and has some fine twists there. But it is almost good and really misses hardly making the experience feel logical and gives the overall impression of cutting too many corners.Let's start with the title - it has almost nothing to do with car stealing, so anyone hoping to see some sort of Gone in 60 Seconds style movie will be vastly disappointed. Sometimes, of course, this kind of title with hidden meaning is completely fine, but on this certain instance, this almost feels like lying. Instead, this is essentially a prison movie, which takes place in the juvy. We see our main character Billy gaining the trust and respect of others thanks to his rather charismatic behavior and finally revealing us the key problem of his mindset. The problem there is that the writing really doesn't support that. Billy is made so incredibly obnoxious and stupid (in many ways) that it gets almost impossible to take him seriously. He often gives some really weird speeches, disobeys the orders and gets the whole collective in trouble. Still none of his comrades seemed to care and started to look him up, if anything else. The good side of the character was that he really didn't care what would come to him. He was literally fearless and this gave him a little credibility, but all in all was still rather unbelievable.Even though it seemingly was more of an alternative film, it still contains many clichés - the outcast, the sick kid, who befriends Billy, hot nurse who became a love interest for Billy and finally - surprise, surprise - a rather cruel warden. OK, he wasn't too mean, like wardens in many similar movies, but the sense of this heavily clichéd character was definitely present. And Billy himself was also a good talented kid with exceptional memory gone bad. The film used some non linear storytelling, but it only focused around the key point and could have told us a little more background.All the supporting characters were somehow dull and didn't have much depth. It was almost as if they just were there and even if they seemed to have a purpose, most of them never really opened up and didn't add much to the plot.Ultimately Stealing Cars is not a great film. On a positive note this is somewhat psychological trip which dwells into a confused mind, has few nice twists and isn't all that predictable. I understand what the producers wanted to show us, but the way it was constructed wasn't particularly convincing. Main problems are dull side characters and a monotonous plot which is hard to take seriously because of the oddly acting Billy.And one last time - that title....