Robert Downey Jr. stars in director Dito Montiel‘s autobiographical coming-of-age drama set in tough, blue-collar Queens, N.Y. While his young friends all seem to end up as junkies, inmates or corpses, Dito (Downey) miraculously escapes the same fate — a fact he can only attribute to divine intervention. The film’s high-powered supporting cast includes Dianne Wiest, Chazz Palminteri, Eric Roberts and Rosario Dawson.
It was very intense, well directed, well acted, well played out story about a young man trying to get out of the hell he was born into. Conflictions between unhealthy friendships and family relations, he moves away to find his own definition and returns when his father fell ill.
I would have liked to see him on his own and that missing chunk that the film leaves you with, but all in all I gave it four out of five stars… which I’m very thankful for considering I purchased it sight unseen.
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