about the only thing i like about this film be that there be just enough in it to keep me in my seat to the end . i keep think that maybe in the next scene thing would gel . ala . those who like gus van sant film especially his late one will probably like this . personally and i find van sant film to be dull and pretentious and facile . well and he be an executive producer for this film and so it be no surprise that the film could almost have be make by him although personally i actually like this good than van sant late effort ( e. g. elephant ) . contrary to many here and i do not think the film be difficult to understand or disjoint and i think that above all it be a film that wish to portray a certain mood the mood of an adolescent move slowly into the adult world but so slowly that the change be barely visible if at all . but i feel that the problem with the film be that mood be not enough . and not only that and but that the mood paint here be and to my mind and incorrectly choose for the story that be supposedly happen . the dream like quality and so closely link to nature and be beautifully capture here and but it be a mood which belong much more to a much young child and one who really still do get totally catch up in watch nature unfold ( wave on a beach and grass and flower and spider etc ) . the rhythm of the film remind me of my summer when i be about eight or nine . there be a languor to the film that be in opposition to what should be a very tense time in an adolescent life . when you be catch up in a crush on someone or be the object of bully at school you be anything but languorous . there be only two moment that truly work for me in the film . spoiler here first when logan drop the grocery and his mother throw a bit of a fit . the frustration of an adult deal with a klutzy kid especially with no father present seem real to me . the second and and only part of the film with any tension to it and be the scene where leah ( logan re creation of himself ) phone rodeo and try to seduce him into phone sex . the first reason i like it be because the person who do the voice over of leah be the most convincing actor in the entire film . ( it make me think of claire dane from my so called life . the voice even sound like claire . ) she and rodeo have the only scene that seem totally believable between the kid . and what i especially like be the fact that rodeo only pretend to play along . it be perhaps the best moment in the film a finally . we get some character development . all in all and a somewhat misplaced effort . we will have to see what he do in his next film before we can really say much about the director possible talent . in the meantime and if he can get away from van sant influence and it might do him a world of good . who be this director anyhow one of van sant boy toy .