Beach Rats (2017)
Starring Harris Dickinson, Madeline Weinstein, Kate Hodge, Neal Huff, Nicole Flyus, Frank Hakaj, David Ivanov, Anton Selyaninov, Harrison Sheehan, Douglas Everett Davis, Gabriel Gans, Erik Potempa, Kris Eivers, J.Stephen Brantley
IHBM8.5Excellent
An aimless teenager on the outer edges of Brooklyn struggles to escape his bleak home life and navigate questions of self-identity, as he balances his time between his delinquent friends, a potential new girlfriend, and older men he meets online.
My review · Reviewed 08/07/2019
It has to be hard to do something unique in this genre and I think this film hit the mark. There isn't a ton of dialog and there aren't any make-or-break moments. The viewer gets an interesting glimpse into the struggles of someone who is trying to find himself and (probably) wishing he was something other than what he was. I can't imagine having to go through that kind of struggle. The last scene is perfect.