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Mean Creek

Country: USA, Language: English, 90 mins

  • Director: Jacob Aaron Estes
  • Writer: Jacob Aaron Estes
  • Producer: Deborah Del Prete; Susan Johnson

CGiii Comment

Kids acting intelligently - that's new.

Complex and layered - that's new for a kids movie.

Mature, menacing and raw - quite unheard of for this genre.

It's absorbing, captivating and tragic.

The direction is well poised, apart from a few clumsy edits, this is succinct, deliberate film-making and really rather exceptional.

Fine work.


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The(ir) Blurb...

When Sam Merrick is beaten up by local bully George Tooney, Sam's older brother Rocky and his friends Clyde and Marty plan to pretend it's Sam's birthday to "invite" George on a boat trip in which they would dare him to strip naked, jump in the lake, and run home naked. But when Sam, his girlfriend Millie, Rocky, and Clyde see George as not much of a bad guy, they want to call off the plan, but Marty refuses. Will the plan go ahead as planned?

Cast & Characters

Rory Culkin as Sam Merric;
Ryan Kelley as Clyde;
Scott Mechlowicz as Marty;
Trevor Morgan as Rocky Merric;
Josh Peck as George Tooney;
Carly Schroeder as Millie;
Branden Williams as Kile Blank;
Raissa Fleming as Maggie Tooney;
Heath Lourwood as Jasper;
Ryan Peterson as Cashier;
Michael Fisher-Welsh as Mr. Levinworth;
J.W. Crawford as Tom;
Shelly Lipkin as Mr. Merrick;
Kaz Garas as Detective Wright;
Hagai Shaham as Handsome Police Officer