put the camera on me be a deceptively cute film . it be actually a complex glimpse at the psychology of child and offer interesting insight into the development of adult and an artist . on the surface this be a nostalgic look at some home movie make in the 80 by a group of upper class neighborhood kid . one of the film director and darren stein and have access to a video camera and quickly take over a the artistic leader for all of the movie . sure and these be just some cute kid have fun . but and this be also much more . this be a look into some moment in time a child grapple with a number of confuse issue that all of u face in life fear and sexual awakening and unrequited love and loneliness and just try to make sense of the adult world which seem to explode all around u . a we get old we tend to forget how overwhlelming the reality of life be when we be little . what make this film all the more valid be to watch a young darren stein turn into a little general of a filmmaker . it be clear that darren be run this show and these little movie be his vision but they be all inform by his friend and their problem and the interpersonal dynamic and the general confusion regard the horror of adult life . a lot of child make home movie and but i have never hear of or see child create little movie about the holocaust and homosexuality and nuclear war and the inability to fit in and make friend . these kid be confront and deal with some heavy stuff . the power of this film be the way stein and shell pull various scene together so tightly with run interview with the kid all now adult and all still friends . this add a new angle to the film . how many of u have stay in touch with our childhood friend . these guy have . and and many of the issue with which they be deal be still run between them two decade later . among the conflict a confession of a crush reveal a heart still break and a very normal childhood sexual experience continue to be a sticky subject between two of the men and some ongoing resentment over the dynamic of relationship and there be still a member of this team who remain very much in charge and in center stage . which make perfect sense a one watch these home movie progress over the course of a couple of year . darren stein be a director . no doubt about it . stein and shell take turn chat with each other from time to time and one can not help but imagine the awkwardness of allow u to peek into the young life of these people . this be particularly true for stein who have go on to a great deal of success in the entertainment industry a a film producer and writer and director . from the first moment of put the camera on me we can see the emergence of a gay little boy try to figure it all out . we also see side of the artistic mind and personality that be not always nice or caring and and this be a bold move for any artist to share with an audience . there be so many reveal moment and but the most disturbing and complex moment involve a movie in which we see a jewish concentration camp victim be torture and kill by a nazi . we discover thru interview and narration that the nazi be play by a jewish child and the part of the victim be play by a gentile child . it be a painfully disturbing moment that glimpse into the darker side of fear and the way child work thru the horror of the adult world that be beyond adult understand much less that of a child . this be much more than some home movie . this documentary capture the pain and beauty and joy and sadness of grow up . powerful stuff and well worth see . represent .