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Mean Creek [DVD]

Rory Culkin (Actor), Ryan Kelley (Actor), Jacob Aaron Estes (Director, Writer) Rated:
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Contributor Branden Williams, Raissa Fleming, Susan Johnson, Jacob Aaron Estes, Carly Schroeder, Trevor Morgan, Heath Lourwood, Ryan Peterson, Ryan Kelley, Rory Culkin, Michael Fisher-Welsh, Hagai Shaham, J.W. Crawford, Josh Peck, Scott Mechlowicz See more
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When Sam (Culkin) continually gets picked on by the school bully, he and his protective older brother decide to teach the bully a lesson he will never forget. Together, they come up with a plan that involves inviting the bully on a special river trip for his birthday where they will make sure he is humiliated for all to see. Deciding that he no longer wants to go through with the plan, Sam tries to call it off but it's too late and he must live with the resulting consequences.

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Deliverance goes to high school in this grim, stripped-down fable of a prank gone bad. Friends decide to teach a lesson to a teenage bully by inviting him on a canoeing trip where they will humiliate him once and for all. The prank turns seriously sour, and the kids must deal with the consequences. Writer-director Jacob Aaron Estes takes a somber look at these lives, although his low-key approach makes the central tragedy seem melodramatic when it happens. The film isn't quite new enough to be truly revelatory, but Estes neatly avoids a River's Edge rehash by allowing his characters more than dead-eyed anomie. The actors hit their notes with precision, especially Rory Culkin (another of the Culkin family, with Macaulay and Kieran), Ryan Kelley, and Scott Mechlowicz. This is the kind of movie that may be slightly familiar to older audiences, but could easily be a home-video cult item with younger viewers. --Robert Horton

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
  • Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.1 x 5.42 x 0.58 inches; 2.88 ounces
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Jacob Aaron Estes
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Widescreen, Color, DVD, NTSC, Dolby
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 30 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ January 25, 2005
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Rory Culkin, Ryan Kelley, Scott Mechlowicz, Trevor Morgan, Josh Peck
  • Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Producers ‏ : ‎ Hagai Shaham, Susan Johnson
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Paramount
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0006IUDTY
  • Writers ‏ : ‎ Jacob Aaron Estes
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 597 ratings

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Irene Puffer Jackson
5.0 out of 5 stars Good Movie
Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2024
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Very good. sad in parts.
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Dust
5.0 out of 5 stars Bully Bully
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2023
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It seems to me that for practical purposes such religious practices as Christianity or Buddhism offer are a means to modify bare egotism. In their absence, a reinventing the wheel trial and error system operates. This promotes a willingness to pass judgement on others, and becomes magnified through peer pressure. Some have used the word 'casual' to describe the way that plays out here. That seems right, since the whole project was undertaken with the idea of satisfaction dominating with little concern that things often go amiss.
Larger scale wars exhibit the same dynamic.
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Christina Reynolds
4.0 out of 5 stars Slow, but powerful subtleties
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2021
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Mean Creek is a 2004 American coming-of-age psychological drama film written and directed by Jacob Aaron Estes and starring Rory Culkin, Ryan Kelley, Scott Mechlowicz, Trevor Morgan, Josh Peck, and Carly Schroeder.
The film is about a group of teenagers who devise a plan to humiliate an overweight, troubled bully on a boating trip. When their plan goes too far, they have to deal with the unexpected consequences of their actions.

I have to admit - Mean Creek got me real good.
The impression I was left with after reading the description of this film was that despite a slew of terrible decisions being alluded this would follow the typical formula of plots that have “revenge” at their center.

On the contrary, however, Mean Creek is very careful not to polarize its characters into categories of bad or good. ‘George’ is initially introduced to the audience as aggressive and insensitive to others - but over time it is obvious that he is coping with some amount of insecurity and a desire to fit in with others. Within the first half hour dramatic irony is used to make audience members aware of the varying schisms that are formed as they pertain to whether retaliation towards George is justified - as not all 6 characters are on the same page (or fully aware of this plan to retaliate) - and if so: to what extent. Immediately before reaching its climax - and the primary point of contention - a combination of optimistic dialogue, a serene film score, and bright scenery evokes some much needed hope for the better. . .and just like that, it gets stolen away.

Each separate character - which, again, despite representing varying caricatures of innocence and responsibility - become forcibly intertwined with one another as accessories and speak to the larger context in which these personalities develop. Core qualities that speak to each individual’s stance on ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ remains relatively consistent over time and makes for a conclusion that needs little elaboration (despite being a bit predictable). A passive malleability puts all of these characters on equal footing at times and successfully makes ‘Mean Creek’ a disturbingly insightful testimony in regards to the offhanded and casual brutality that children and young adults (who by and large are rather average) are capable of carrying out.

Most importantly, ‘Mean Creek’ is an uncomfortable but necessary exploration of what is essentially teen and peer-driven behavior; A disturbing bridge between circumstance and intention is constructed through a variety of “bad choices” and formally imposed suggestions amongst a group of teenagers that are forced to make consciously moral decisions at the drop of a hat.
Equal parts dramatic, modest, and brutally honest: It is a wonderful tool for fueling discussions related to situational ethics and dealing with the residual effects of social-pressure.
I would recommend!
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Cupcake
5.0 out of 5 stars A movie you won’t soon forget.
Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2023
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Complex friendships, loyalty and betrayel a must see movie
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John D. Gardner
5.0 out of 5 stars An Important Movie !
Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2023
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This is a good movie, yes, but it is also an important movie to watch, there is a lesson to be learned.
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stephany showers
3.0 out of 5 stars I really enjoyed this movie for alot of reasons.
Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2023
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bully died, tough guy cried, sweet girl crushed, innocent boy afraid, cool headed brother did the push, gendered questioned boy stunned. Innocence Lost in all these kids. Good story. 1st watch 06/05/2023.
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Bstone18
5.0 out of 5 stars A day on the Creek.
Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2012
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I Bought this movie on DVD some years ago. At the time the only thing I knew about the film was what at on the box. It took me over and hour of reading to decide if I wanted to but the movie or not. I love this movie. It is a good movie about a bully who was so bad that kids wanted to treat him as they were being treated then it turned out he was not that bad of a guy. But in the end mistakes happen. I love this movie. They were able to shoot at a time when the weather was perfect and it shows in the movie. This movie will make you feel happy and times and also feel sad at times and also feel pain at time. If there is any movie to see it is this one.

I rank it up there with stand by me.
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tony sneed
4.0 out of 5 stars Powerful movie
Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2023
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Surprised I never saw or heard of this movie until now. It held the test of time for a 2004 movie. I thought it was powerful and dark. I could see some might think it is slow, but it left an impression.
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Leo Swampy
5.0 out of 5 stars "If you could snap your fingers right now and he would drop dead in his tracks, would you do it?"
Reviewed in France on January 29, 2014
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Tous les ans, un film ou deux, parfois trois, dotés de la musique qu'il faut, d'acteurs doués, d'une histoire qui sonne juste, sans artifices et allant droit au but, sont réalisés... Et rapidement sombrent dans l'oubli ou pire l'indifférence totale et le désintérêt du public.
Mean Creek est un de ces petits bijoux, souvent comparé à Stand By Me, matiné d'un grain de Delivrance, deux grands films humains, l'un de Rob Reiner (Misery, Des Hommes D'Honneur...) l'autre de John Boorman (Excalibur, La Forêt D'Emeraude, Zardoz...).
Mean Creek est l'un de ces films sur le passage à l'âge adulte, sur une de ces journées qui bouleversent une vie entière. En l’occurrence, ici, la vie de 6 jeunes ados d'une bourgade paumée des USA comme il y en a tant.
Sam, élève de cm2, rentre à la maison après s'être fait rosser par George, agressif et volumineux gamin que connaissent bien Rocky, le frère de Sam, et ses potes, Clyde et Marty, tous plus âgés de 5 ou 6 ans.
Imaginant un plan de vengeance, les trois ados entrainent avec eux Sam et sa copine Millie avec George mais rapidement, l'évidence des problèmes sociaux et mentaux de ce dernier leur saute aux yeux.
Chacun face à sa propre conscience, à son propre vécu, aura à décider la suite de ce plan, et qu'en faire alors que les heures s'écoulent, entourés par la beauté de la campagne Nord Américaine.

Finement interprété par des acteurs peu connus, tels que Rory Culkin (frère de Maccauley Culkin) qui porte certaines des scènes les plus touchantes du film sur ses jeunes épaules, Scott Mechlowicz, au personnage tourmenté, ou Ryan Kelley, Mean Creek est un film rare, assez court (1h30) et malheureusement peu connu, qui vous laissera vous questionner sur quel choix aurait été le votre... Portrait d'une Amérique rurale où les enfants en perdition côtoient ceux aux troubles mentaux plus ou moins sévères, Mean Creek soulève des questions bien actuelle et chacun se retrouve dans l'un ou l'autre des personnages.

Mention spéciale à la musique de Tomandandy, qui hante l'histoire de bout en bout.
De plus amples bonus auraient étés sympas, mais en attendant un possible BluRay, ce n'est déjà pas si mal.
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iwasjustkidding
5.0 out of 5 stars *I don't give away the ending
Reviewed in Canada on December 3, 2008
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I just watched this movie about an hour ago, and it's amazing. It's very well made, and you will recognize the four or five leads from more popular movies like one main kid is the second oldest son in the patriot (he's also in Barney great adventure), another main kid is the lead from Eurotrip (SCOTTY!!!), another main character is the boy from signs (kid with azma) and the main girl is from Dickie Roberts. And so it was cool for me to be able to point them out and figure out where I saw them before as I watched.

This movie focuses on a kid with "asburgers" (which asuming it's spelt right is a severe emotional condition) who (because of his condition) viciously attacks a boy after he touched his camera. However, when the caring older brother sees what has happenned, he gets his older friends together (two of them) and plots with his little brother how to get him back. They're plan was to strip him of his clothes in the middle of a river and make him swim back naked. The thing about this movie that makes it good is that you start having sympathy for the bully, because you start realizing it's not his fault, and the worse part is it's not, it's a condition. This condition makes him very hard to like, and everytime he angers someone you think he deserves it, like at the start you wanted nothing more than for him to be beat up. And it keeps twisting your mind, because some points your find the trick to be cruel while other times you wouldn't be able to stand him yourself. This movie scared me because I know someone who used to go to my school with the same condition, and he just wouldn't stop and I punched him hard, and luckily after that he stoppped because I don't know if I would have stopped. Mean Creek is real, and it's amazing. Well made, good acting, 5 stars.
(An extremely similiar movie if your willing to watch sex scenes, excessive drug use and more severe bullying, is "bully" however that movie isn't as real, or well acted as this one)
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Eberhard
5.0 out of 5 stars Wenn wir ihm was antun, dann sind wir genau so mies wie er...
Reviewed in Germany on April 6, 2011
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sagt Sam (Rory Culkin) zu seinem Bruder Rocky (Trevor Morgan). Sie reden über den fiesen Rabauken George, der nichts anderes kann, als jüngere Mitschüler zu drangsalieren. Die Lehrer nehmen diese Vorfälle nicht ernst. Aber weil Sam diesmal mit einer Kopfverletzung nach Hause kommt, sehen sich die Brüder gezwungen, endlich was dagegen zu unternehmen. Rocky gelingt es, die Bedenken seines kleinen Bruders zu zerstreuen. Zusammen mit ein paar Freunden hegen sie einen ziemlich hinterhältigen Plan aus, um es dem an einer Lernschwäche leidenden George mal so richtig heimzuzahlen.
Sie laden George, der unentwegt mit seiner Videokamera zu Gange ist, zu der angeblichen Geburtstagsfeier Sams ein, für die auch eine Bootsfahrt auf dem nahe gelegenen Fluss geplant ist.
George fühlt sich geschmeichelt und sagt zu. Sams Freundin Millie schließt sich ebenfalls an, sie ahnt nichts von den Racheplänen. Als Sam ihr von dem Vorhaben erzählt, ist sie strikt dagegen. Sam muss ihr versprechen, die Sache abzublasen. Die idyllische Bootsfahrt verläuft zunächst recht friedlich. Sam und sein Bruder lernen an George bisher unbekannte Seiten kennen: Er ist im Grunde ein in sich selbst verliebter Außenseiter ohne Freunde und möchte gerne zu der Gruppe dazugehören.

Bei einem Zwischenstopp kommt es aber zu Spannungen, als Freund Marty von den Änderungen des Plans erfährt. Die Sache eskaliert, George beginnt zu begreifen, dass er nicht aus purer Freundlichkeit eingeladen wurde und reagiert gereizt und beginnt Einzelne aus der Gruppe wüst und unüberlegt zu beschimpfen...
Wie geht es weiter? Gelingt es der Gruppe, den Streit beizulegen oder eskaliert er weiter bis zu einem bitteren Ende? Darüber schweigt der Rezensent.

Was er aber verrät: Es ist ein hervorragend gespieltes, spannendes und sehr dichtes Filmwerk mit ganz hervorragend gecasteten Jungschauspielern, von denen sich zumindest Rory Culkin und Trevor Morgan bereits einen Namen gemacht haben. Und der Zuschauer erlebt bezaubernd schöne Landschaftsaufnahmen und eine ruhige, stimmige Filmmusik.

Dem Regisseur Jacob Aaron Estes ist ein herausragender, spannender Film gelungen,
der von der Fachpresse hoch gelobt und mit unzähligen Preisen oder Nominierungen geehrt wurde. Es geht um Freundschaft, Vergeltung, Schuld und Strafe.

Nur zwei Pressezitate, ausgewählt aus vielen:
"Die Figuren sind durchweg menschlich, psychologisch glaubwürdig und sympathisch gezeichnet und werden von einem beeindruckend starken Darstellerensemble gespielt" (Blickpunkt: Film)
"Mean Creek" nimmt seinen Platz neben "Stand By Me" und "River's Edge" als einer von sehr wenigen Filmen ein, die sorgfältig die Erfahrungswerte von Heranwachenden beschreiben. (San Francisco Chronicle).
Ich kann den Film nur uneingeschränkt empfehlen und gebe ihm 5 Sterne.
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Rosie McCaffrey
5.0 out of 5 stars Mean Creek
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 5, 2010
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Personally, I can't see where this movie deserves the criticism it seems to be receiving from others' reviews. How can the plot of a movie which is only 86 minutes long be too slow? Maybe the plot doesn't have all the cliche twists & turns that a Hollywood movie about teenagers would, but that's one of the exceptional things about Mean Creek. The whole story flows so naturally, from the performances of the uber talented young cast, to the realistic dialogue, to the eventual tragic conclusion. People who enjoy watching Hollywood interpretations of how adolescence and hormones can create knife-wielding psychopaths out of kids will probably not like this film. This film doesn't exploit its teen characters to serve the plot, unlike slasher films, which are a lot of good fun but cannot be taken seriously. This film is here to make a subtle point on the complexities of adolescence, which is probably best summed up by Trevor Morgan when he says "I don't know what to think", to which Scott Mechlowicz replies "Well if you don't know what to think then maybe you shouldn't be making decisions". When we are teenagers (and I should really be familiar with this because I'm still going through it at 17) we make choices that seem so concretely right one minute, and which seem completely misjudged and wrong the next. It is a time when we are very rarely really in control of our emotions, or are even able to understand their reason. Estes, the debut director and writer of Mean Creek, has used this observation to guide his characters seamlessly through the story wihtout it ever feeling like they are puppets.

You won't find any cringy heart-to-heart Hollywood moments in this film; the characters' emotions are brought to the surface but never probed too deeply or intruded upon, which adds to the realistic feel. The film is entirely shot using a hand-held camera, further drawing you in so you are there with the characters, feeling what they feel, experiencing what they experience. The film is set in a small Oregon town which lends itself subtly to the increasing feeling of bleakness and alienation which is so rife in the teenage years.

The performances from the young cast are all exceptional and in particular it is the relationship between best friends Rocky (Trevor Morgan) and Marty (Scott Mechlowicz) which tear you apart. Their obvious bond is continually tested throughout the film and their strong friendship beautifully expressed without it ever feeling sentimental. The relationship between the boys is beautifully encapsulated in one of the closing scenes when Marty's and Rocky's moral conscience lead them on different paths and they know it is the last time they will ever see each other. Their seeming inability to tell each other how much the other means to them when it matters most is a realistic portrayal of most close teenage friendships, and emphasises the poignancy of what both characters now face.

Josh Peck plays the misunderstood bully George, who provokes the story, and proves that he is a much more talented actor for drama than his character on kids' comedy Drake & Josh would have you believe. He's not just a comic figure; he gets under the skin of his character and shows his loneliness, alienation and altogether good heart which contrasts stunningly with his mishandled rage.

Clyde presents a very understated character, but portrays the complexities of being a bit of a third wheel and having a moral core perfectly without much material to work with. Sam and Millie together represent blossoming love and childish innocence against a backdrop of moral complexities and trying to hold onto what is right amidst the alcohol and drugs peer pressure of adolescence.

This film doesn't shy away from honesty and the characters have no respite from the horror of what they have let happen; the situation faces them head-on and gives them no excuses, which I feel sets it apart from many teenage movies of today where the guilty characters are let off much too leniently, simply because they are the young 'heroes' of the movie.

Mean Creek is down to earth and real. You might dislike the way modern day teenage life is portrayed, but that doesn't make it a 'bad' film. It just means it's done its job in provoking a reaction and contemplation.

I recommend this film to everyone because you simply cannot afford to miss something so raw and real and beautiful.
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Alexander Dinges
4.0 out of 5 stars Wieder da am 07.03.2024 bekommen für Post
Reviewed in Germany on March 29, 2024
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Ich bin Gehörlose und ich bin gut und ich bin schön Film.
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