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  • Summary: Tony and Sofia are two troubled teenage siblings from the Bronx. Out of options, their mother brings them over the GW Bridge to a rehab in Jersey. What is meant to be a 30 day stay turns into a traumatic 2 1/2 years in which Tony and Sofia experience abuse, brainwashing and false imprisonment. The director of the program, Dr. Hiller, leads Tony and Sofia to believe this is the only institution that will keep them sober and if they leave they will die. Instead, the siblings enter into a psychological and physical struggle for their lives! Over the GW is a poignant story based on writer/director Nick Gaglia's experience in a cult-like rehab. The film exposes the ongoing threat of corrupt rehabilitation centers that prey upon vulnerable teens and their parents. (Seventh Art Releasing) … Expand

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
  1. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Jeannette Catsoulis
    80
    A disturbing look at reprogramming that masquerades as rehabilitation. Having been forced to drink the Kool-Aid, Mr. Gaglia has produced a work that's as much an act of emesis as of filmmaking.
  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    50
    Overall, the performances are surprisingly convincing, but the mockumentary elements – feel out of place and the intrusive.
  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Aaron Hillis
    30
    Gaglia's torture re-creations become rote quickly, and his cross-processed, color-tinted, randomly inserted, over-zoomed Film School 101 indulgences need their meds adjusted.

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  1. RachelR.
    10
    Superbly shot film, with a strong cast. George Gallaghe gives a moving performance.
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