An average movie

I wasn't really sure what to expect from this movie but I was really eager to watch it for quite some time, mostly because it was Will Smith's feature film debut. Eventually, Smith had a rather small part but the rest of the cast was actually pretty impressive  (Dermot Mulroney, Lara Flynn Boyle, Sean Astin, Balthazar Getty, Ricki Lake, Kyle MacLachlan, Alyssa Milano, David Arquette, Laura San Giacomo, Christian Slater, Robert Knepper). Concerning the movie itself, it was actually not bad and it gave an interesting look on how it could be to live as runaway homeless kid in the streets of Hollywood. However, even if the subject was terribly dark, the way it was handled, even though they really tried, it still felt as if they too much glossed over this subject. Indeed, all these kids, except maybe for Sean Austin, looked much too good after spending days and nights in the street, they looked also really too well fed and healthy for this kind of lifestyle. Furthermore, even though it must be a terrible difficult and sad way of living, they seemed to be doing OK, considering the circumstances. Finally, the whole interview concept was just pointless, it didn't add anything to the story and could have been easily removed. Still, it is not very often that you get to see a movie about this subject and at least half of it was actually quite realistic and interesting. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, it was still a decent watch and I think it is worth a look.

6/10