Beneath the surface, everyone has a secret.
Teenagers living in small-town Oregon take a boat trip for a birthday celebration. When they get an idea to play a mean trick on the town bully, it suddenly goes too far. Soon they're forced to deal with the unexpected consequences of their actions.
- Suicide or self-harm
- Harm to children
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Contemporary, earnest, grave and intimate.
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
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Cast
- Rory CulkinSam Merric
- Scott MechlowiczMarty
- Trevor MorganRocky Merric
- Josh PeckGeorge Tooney
- Ryan KelleyClyde
- Carly SchroederMillie
- Branden WilliamsKile
- Heath LourwoodJasper
- J.W. CrawfordTom
- Kaz GarasDetective Wright
Crew
- Jacob Aaron EstesDirector
- Jacob Aaron EstesWriter
- Sharone MeirDirector of Photography
- Tom HajduOriginal Music Composer
- Andy MilburnOriginal Music Composer
- tomandandyOriginal Music Composer
- Madeleine GavinEditor
- Susan JohnsonProducer
- Rick RosenthalProducer
- Hagai ShahamProducer
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