While this movie was better than I thought it would be, and while it raised some very interesting and very pertinent points about teen apathy, I think it was ultimately brought down by its overly optimistic tone and reliance on completely unrealistic events to tie the plot together. While the movie is based on a very important discourse, the actual events that unfold are caricatured and simplistic, with no trace of nuance. It's like they wanted to achieve a Ferris Bueller-like tone, but they completely missed the mark. The character here is unlikeable and would have been completely ignored and a complete failure in real life. The actors do a good job of propping this up in a way that makes it looks somewhat plausible, but a deeper look causes the whole thing to collapse upon itself.
I suppose the thought exercise is worth watching this for, though - why are kids these days so apathetic?
