On the Outs parses the hopes and terrors of blasted lives with an empathy that never cheapens into pity. The movie wounds as much as it heals, and that's its true power.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Stephen Holden
Certainly not the first film to show how a crushing urban environment can make a sensible-sounding antidrug slogan like "just say no" seem like so much nonsense, but it's one of the strongest.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Andrew O'Hehir
A scared-straight after-school special, but actually good.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Jan Stuart
Bracing and remarkably compact drama, which invests some standard movie tropes of rough-and-tumble urban life with deep feeling and urgency.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: Laura Sinagra
Most importantly, the environment feels real: the accents, the snaps, the working moms and warehouse crack nooks, every dilapidated stairwell, every bodega and lovingly appointed teenage bedroom sanctuary.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Ann Hornaday
On the Outs has its rewards, especially in the mesmerizing performance of Marte.Read Full Review »
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