Fresh
Brind's screenplay is pregnant with fascinating questions of identity and social anxiety. And Salky knows how to create a mood.
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
Overview
When a pompous actor tells good girl Alexa that she hasn't lived, she embarks on a bold journey that takes her to mysterious bad boy Johnny.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
60%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The film lacks the comedic charm of American Pie, but with its dark, hyper-sexualization of teens, it offers an engrossing if not soap opera-esque tale of self-discovery.
Gerrick Kennedy, Los Angeles Times
Fresh
Dare feels a bit unfinished, at once overreaching and underrealized. But there is a lot of intelligence, and considerable daring, in the basic conceit.
A.O. Scott, New York Times
Fresh
Dare is a high school coming-of-age film that dares to push the envelope. It doesn't always succeed, but that's not for lack of trying.
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
Rotten
The actors, all great camera subjects, help give director Adam Salky's overly pat movie a trace of confessional conviction.
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
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