The Dirties
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  • Summary: Two best friends film a comedy about getting revenge on the bullies at their high school, but one of them isn't joking.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Jeannette Catsoulis
    Oct 3, 2013
    100
    Remarkable as much for its insights as for its audacity, The Dirties approaches school violence with a comic veneer that slowly shades into deep darkness.
  2. indieWIRE
    Reviewed by: Eric Kohn
    Oct 4, 2013
    91
    The story transitions from a believable portrait of young culture junkies into a showcase of Matt's burgeoning rage so well that it practically implicates viewers in the process.
  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Inkoo Kang
    Oct 3, 2013
    90
    A masterful blend of black humor and queasy dread.
  4. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Frank Scheck
    Oct 7, 2013
    60
    The Dirties is as provocative as it is sloppily messy in its themes.
  5. The Dissolve
    Reviewed by: Noel Murray
    Oct 1, 2013
    50
    Ultimately, all the metafictions and social commentary are too vague to have any meaning, beyond giving Johnson a foundational justification for this movie. But while The Dirties is in some ways appalling, it’s also effective.
  6. The Playlist
    Reviewed by: Drew Taylor
    Oct 3, 2013
    42
    The message, like the filmmaking, seems fuzzy and unfocused.
  7. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Joshua Rothkopf
    Oct 1, 2013
    20
    Technically cruddy and tiresome in its we’ve-seen-a-lot-of-movies dialogue.

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  1. thediggin
    Oct 10, 2013
    10
    Buy this movie the dirties, lend it all of your time and attention. This is something new, raw and different. Don't waste your money or time with a big studio movie. This independent film has more balls and humanity than any studio flick. Warm, dark and really funny.
    Best movie youl see this year. It's not really a good review because I don't want to spoil anything about this movie. It's a bit of pure Canadian gold.    … Expand

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