I take it from the review that you found little to like about the film. I found myself very engrossed with the relationship between Frankie and Zach and saw the film as something of a coming of age tale, it would have worked wonders as an adolescent dramedy. However Nick Cassavetes has delusions of being a serious filmmaker and unfortunately makes the film a moral parable that has the stink of a true crime expose. Rarely have I been more mad at a character being killed in a film, but although we all know it happens I couldn't help but hope the film would go the opposite direction. I really liked the scenes of bonding, partying, and the old learning from the young and vice-versa. Much of the acting was dreadfully over the top, and Sharon Stone had distractingly awful fat makeup which completely through me off, and the film certainly went on too long after Zach's death. I really just wished this was a completely different film.