i thought that this film was an overall great piece of work. i loved every minute of it. i liked the transitions between the charecters throughout the film. i believe that people that don't like this film for their reasons are maybe jealous in a way of Van Sants work, either that or they are one of the charecters in the film itself that maybe would have died. overall i give this film 5 stars. most of the film was something that made you think back when you were in high school, were you one that made fun of people or were you one to get made fun of? i will say their were some slow moments in the film that some people may not like, but what movie or film doesn't have scenes that people don't like? but i just took those scenes in this film and brought them to thinking of what i've seen so far and what i could be seeing coming up in the rest of the film.