54
Metascore
9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Film ThreatPhil HallFilm ThreatPhil HallIt is a horrifying and devastating spectacle of life gone dreadfully out of control, yet it is also riveting and hypnotic in such a dramatic sensation that you are left breathless by the sequence of events which will haunt and torture for as long as your memory remains intact.
- 90VarietyScott FoundasVarietyScott FoundasIn the post-Columbine era, Koury's film has its finger on something particularly potent.
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoIt accurately reflects the rage and alienation that fuels the self-destructiveness of many young people.
- 63New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanKoury's harsh documentary is likely to leave you unsettled and depressed. Which is, clearly, just what it's supposed to do.
- There's too much missing from Josh Koury's documentary Standing By Yourself to call it a great film, but it contains some undeniably riveting, visceral moments.
- 50TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxOne hopes Koury will return to this interesting project to flush out the bigger story that continues to lurk just below the surface.
- 30Village VoiceJessica WinterVillage VoiceJessica WinterA crystalline curio of dumbshit nihilism shot through with fleeting pathos, Koury's home movie often evokes "The Decline of Western Civilization Part III."
- 25Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittIt has a degree of sociological interest, but it would be more effective if the material were shaped into a more coherent form.