Shia's saints grips and emotes

A coming-of-age drama about a boy (Shia Labeouf) growing up in Astoria, N.Y., during the 1980s. As his friends end up dead, on drugs or in prison, he comes to believe he has been saved from their fate by various so-called saints.

The first half hour is a little disjointed, but give it a chance, I assure you by the end you'll have been touched by the depth of its emotion and gripped by it's guts and grit. Shia Labeouf is really starting to impress me.

7/10