Standing by Yourself

Name: Standing by Yourself
Genre: Documentary
Released: May 15, 2002
Duration: 65 min
Rating: 54

2002

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Cheapo Films | Release Date: May 15, 2002 | Unrated

Summary: A shattering documentary on the lives of two hostile teenagers in an upstate town who react to their dead-end environment and social ostracism with a frenzied, narcotized downward spiral. (Two Boots Pioneer Theater)

Director: Josh Koury

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Unrated

Runtime: 65 min

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Phil Hall

It 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. Read full review

Scott Foundas

In the post-Columbine era, Koury's film has its finger on something particularly potent. Read full review

V.A. Musetto

It accurately reflects the rage and alienation that fuels the self-destructiveness of many young people. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

Koury's harsh documentary is likely to leave you unsettled and depressed. Which is, clearly, just what it's supposed to do. Read full review

Noel Murray

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. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Ken Fox

One hopes Koury will return to this interesting project to flush out the bigger story that continues to lurk just below the surface. Read full review

David Sterritt

It has a degree of sociological interest, but it would be more effective if the material were shaped into a more coherent form. Read full review

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