i live in that area ( hoboken and jersey city ) for about ten year . this film certainly capture the feel of that time and place . the dialogue be very good and the music be right and scenarios realistic . a another poster say and it look almost like a documentary . i like the way it humanize these kid and who probably would have rather have be bear in westchester and but fall into what kid fall into . it just so happen that area be pretty rough . they over demonize the cop quite a bit and but that to be expect . i would say the acting be good all around and too . it give the viewer some sense of how this idiocy be cause and get blow out of proportion . hopefully and the new mayor of newark be make progress .