15: The Movie
Picture This! Entertainment | Release Date: April 13, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
2
Negative:
2

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
It's not a pretty picture, but it's an important one. Read full review
75
New York PostV.A. Musetto
The feature debut by hot, young Singapore director Royston Tan, 15, is a descent into hell -- a hell inhabited by five scuzzy 15-year-old boys whose world, as one puts it, "only consists of darkness." Read full review
60
Chicago ReaderJoshua Katzmann
Directing real-life street kids, Tan abruptly shifts focus from one character to another, as if mimicking their impatience and short attention span, and like Godard he playfully subverts his own material by having actors address the camera directly, spouting cultural and political asides. Read full review
40
VarietyDerek Elley
15 is Asian Kid Rebels 101. So predictable it could almost be a parody of the genre -- though that would require a sense of humor above and beyond the self-reflexive comedy on display here. Read full review
30
The New York TimesLawrence Van Gelder
The law of averages demands that every once in a while a movie must come along starring young nonprofessional actors who aren't very good. That's unfortunately the case in 15. Read full review
30
Village VoiceDavid Ng
The collision of neorealist casting with in-your-face visual pyrotechnics is jarring to say the least, and 15 quickly wears down the viewer with its barrage of strobe effects and attention-deficit editing. Read full review
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