Dare (2009)
Nov. 13th, 2009 03:24 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Zach Gifford and Emmy Rossum play students who do a scene from “A Streetcar Named Desire” in their drama class.
Drama of High School, Starring Eros and Anxiety
By A. O. SCOTT
Published: November 13, 2009
“Dare,” written by David Brind, directed by Adam Salky and based on their short film of the same title, stakes out familiar territory and, true to its name, strikes out in some risky new directions. This high school semi-romance, which blends comic and tearful moods, is at once more provocative and more contemplative than most of its big-screen counterparts. On television and in young-adult novels, candor — or prurience — about teenage behavior is the norm, but Hollywood movies tend to keep one foot firmly planted in a more innocent world. More
