...as brilliantly realistic a film about high-school angst as one could imagine or need. There's no intrigue, and without any reason, it all ends in slaughter. The removal of media melodrama and predictable sentiment only heightens the impact of what actually happens here. An intellectual tour-de-force about adolescents - explored with a dull intensity that's interesting, insidious and perfect.
This British blu-ray represents the film with a superior transfer and no extras, a perfect choice for this particular film.