Redwarmin This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

Jeanskynebu the audience applauded

ChicRawIdol A brilliant film that helped define a genre

Justina The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

rettercritical A Bret Easton Ellis podcast with Kevin Smith as a guest lead me to a small Canadian film, made by 'kids', folk in their twenties, with handy-cams that may have been one of the biggest jolts of cool fresh air since Breathless. Kevin Smith, who helped distribute the film, dubbed THE DIRTIES "the most important movie you will see all year."You could go two ways explaining this film. A short answer is that the experiment works, while a long answer would go into deconstructionist theory, pastiche, social commentary, adolescent alienation and the availability of modern technology as subject matter. But the first answer is really the best, in that young-folk half-wrote and mostly-improvised a hilarious and thrilling picture in a way only 'da-yoof can.Why do they call it a royal with cheese?​ 'The f--ing metric system' answers an over-zealous teenage media-class student, dressed in 70s-pimp fur coat, pacing down the corridors of a high school. Their confused homage lacks irony in this film-within-a-film. The two virginal best-friends are plagiarizing and cringe-inducing their way through life. Shooting their own schlock movie, they may have just stumbled upon a genuinely new AND SICK idea, while simultaneously being filmed by a documentary crew..Rather than be mocked for their derivative short films and pushed around by jocks, why don't they take part in a high school shooting and film the whole process?​ of course, if they only shoot the bullies or 'bad guys', it shouldn't be a problem, should it?​ Do they mean this literally?I want to come back to my answer that this film works. Shot on real high school locations during school hours as a secret project, THE DIRTIES is a strange mix of being both an experimental and mainstream triumph. Some of the participants are unwittingly being filmed, such as lead-actor and director Matthew Johnson's mother in conversation at home. This 82min film is a two-for-one. The first half is a hilarious, chump slacker comedy and the second half descends into gripping will they/wont they nail-bight-er.. Which will surprise you. But what you also get is this innovative, multi-leveled film within a film ... within a film-thing, which strikes as utterly unique and unpretentious. An oblivious and accessible take on Godard's NUMERO DEUX via the Tarantino generation. Just as intricate as NUMERO DEUX but made on the ground-floor rather than ivory tower, it's an expression of young people's hyper-screen literacy. We, the audience, are regularly taken into the edit suite to view footage, while the devilish-duo play around and manipulate footage. What starts as a brilliant joke builds into something that is no longer funny and things become completely serious. A tonal shift like after the comedic training-montages of full metal jacket.But what these youngsters have pulled off isn't just a fantastically effective film, it's a snapshot of life only young people can make about themselves. In a few years time, their window would have been gone. So it's also filled with finite qualities you can only get from young people brave enough to commit to a project at such a young age. Rather than fall into the traps of web-series or just standard short-films, both inferior formats, director and lead actor Matthew Johnson just went and made a feature regardless of whether it has a commercial home. The gamble paid off. The film had a budget of $10,000 and won best narrative feature at Slamdance. If you want a big kick in the pants about what you are doing with your life and the earth shattering revelation that a masterpiece is just a few brainstorming sessions away - get this one into you like a slushy on a hot day. It really is a tasty burger. Perhaps see it before their soon-to-be-released follow-up film OPERATION AVALANCHE. Shot without permission on real NASA headquarters, a 'found footage' film about how the moon landing was faked.. Highly anticipated.Mike Retter

framptonhollis After watching "The Dirties", I'm pretty impressed. You can tell that this is a pretty low budget film, and it proves that no matter what a film's budget it, it can still be very impactful. The final moments of "The Dirties" are very disturbing. There's not as much gruesome violence as one might expect from a film that is essentially about a school shooting, but it is still terrifying, and works better without any blood and gore.While the movie is very dark and disturbing, don't expect the film to be completely void of any entertainment value. It almost starts off like a dark comedy, with many amusing bits and characters. This IS a genuinely funny film...but it doesn't stay like that for long. The scenes towards the climax are very intense, and as the film progresses we realize more and more that the main character is a legitimate psychopath.There's some flaws in the film, mainly having to due with technical issues that I had. For example, there's a lot of the cameraman zooming in and out to annoying effect. But, other than those little flaws, the movie is spectacular and highly recommended!

roflmeao Decently done but the movie is all set up and no payoff. Ironically, the last few minutes are the most unbelievable. I can't really recommend it.Characterisation and cinematography are very well done and the tone of the movie captures the high school project feel. The characters are mostly believable and the progression is realistic.Maybe it's a personal fault of mine that after all this set up I want the deed done. I want the catharsis and the repercussions. I don't want a movie that is simply a prelude or prequel to the Columbine footage. The movie artfully crafts characters and then abandons them.TL;DR A long road to nowhere.

Max Shephard I've seen a couple of school massacre movies, this one may be the best.I don't know if I prefer Elephant because its more artsy.But in terms of story/character development The Dirties is by far one of the greater movies on the subject.This is the only movie in the genre where I felt like the characters really had a personality, and I knew I would never forget them.Also this is the only movie on the subject that I feels has the strongest message. This is one of those rares movies that has something to say, and Kevin Smith didn't hype this movie up, it blew away my expectations at how good it was.