over the gw be a near failure of a debut feature and and not because it not without try . actually and it be . it a shamble all the more because it writer or director or technical everyman nick gaglia go through the same rehab cult that he depict in the film . sometimes a first time filmmaker and full of the vigor that come with get a thumb up or two from fellow film student and go headlong into style that be way too disjointed and unsure and and dramatically frustrate that the personal side of the story and the extremely personal side and get smudge in the purpose of tell a good story . gaglia and who be 13 when put into a horrid program that basically torture and brainwash their patient with crazy group scare tactic and psychological mind f session that could go on for day and and attitude from the rehab leader that would make most nazis cringe and escape finally when he be 15. i be glad he get out and though it might help if he now go into a real rehab for his film making skill and if only for a couple of day and to learn thing like and say and structure and proper lighting and fluid camera movement and subtlety with actor and and other basic that be perpetually lose here . it all the more frustrating because gaglia be deal with a subject that should be show more to the public ( there be recently a newsweek article refer to a similar aa cult rehab ) . many time one wonder if certain personal character study might work well as documentary a oppose to narrative drama . this be an ever nagging sensation throughout over the gw and where it almost feel like gaglia want to tell the truth but doesn not know how to communicate it properly through his character . the character that one would think be close to him and bronx teen tony serra ( gallagher ) and who be take by his mother to a rehab in new jersey and would be close to gaglia and be actually much more of a one dimensional be and where there be very little back story ( we see a brief freak out and in black and white and in his old home ) and little connection to his mother ( moriarty ) and who have more potential that be never tap aside from a cold stone who pass her kid off to another . but there be a story to go with his two year crisis and i guess . right off the bat thing get rough ( a nude cavity search in the first five minute ) and and soon it clear that instead of medical care it more like a cross between anger management and some bizarre religious sect and where the head doctor hiller ( insinnia ) be a total over control loon . but soon tony sister sofia ( donohue ) get throw in to the program and and as oppose to tony repeated moment of outrage and suppose non compliance and she go head on through the whack out three step program and once release become a runaway . at time there be bit in this fracture nightmare and where there one woman and a 22 year old mother who have be in the program a year and a half find she become a prisoner not allow to leave and and when the father of the main sibling come and pay an enraged visit to hiller when sofia finally return to them and that do contain some raw power and very brief glimpse of gaglia be able to at least garner some leverage in pure melodrama . but these be moment few and far between . it not just the unsuccessful character and who be mostly reduce to stereotype that veer into be like hysterical d. a. r. e. rip offs ( maybe some of them and like an angry black youth and the passive aggressive counselor and or even serra old sister who be rat out by the sibling a have take a hit off a joint and almost throw into the program and would resonate more if there be more time give to develop any of them ) . it that gaglia be so unfocused in his multiple role on his tiny $ 30 and 000 budget that not one side of whatever potential talent he have can come through . he over use tint and mostly with a shade that look urine coat ) and he jiggle his hand hold dvx camera a if it suppose to be intense ala city of god and occasionally a character will just shoot into frame randomly and his choice of music be like the bad selection possible from pseudo indie soft rocker and and there even inane fake interview scene with nicholas serra ( inspiration . ) and krakowsky that feel about as false a possible . could gaglia just not get any interview with the real victim he be with and resort to would be artistically cathartic plan b. bottom line and no matter how much from the heart true life story may appeal to you and do not bother see it in the theater and or even on rental and unless you love a final scene with two kid star off into the digital hue hudson river sunset with the final word read represent dedicate to the kid . oy .