THE DIRTIES

Sat 16 Aug 8:30pm | Event Cinemas George St

DIR MATT JOHNSON | CANADA, 2013, 83 MIN | WITH MATT JOHNSON, OWEN WILLIAMS | SYDNEY PREMIERE

Movie geeks and best friends Matt and Owen are constant targets for a group of high school bullies they call “The Dirties”. Assigned a class project, they set out to shoot a hilarious film, sending up their oppressors. Soon the high-school comedy turns into a revenge movie as tensions build and the line between fiction and reality blurs. Original and brutally honest, The Dirties is a complex and gripping story of friendship, obsession and violence. It injects raw energy, gut-wrenching chills and the blackest of humour into an increasingly stale and preachy genre. 

"The Dirties is a very funny meta comedy; manna for film geeks, but full of a high-spirited and punkish energy that anyone from fans of Jackass and Ali G to fans of Spike Jonze and Harmony Korine can appreciate." - The Independent

"It may wind up as the year's most significant horror film; it's certainly among the most original." - The Guardian

"Remarkable as much for its insights as for its audacity." - The New York Times

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