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The writer-director, Peter Sollett, cast the film with kids from his own neighborhood, who give themselves over to the camera with a spirit of improvised play that morphs into vivid, layered acting.Full Review

Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly

Delicate and altogether satisfying romantic comedy.Full Review

A.O. Scott
The New York Times

Succeeds where 100 studio-generated teen romances -- starring the bland, the blunt or the blow-dried -- have failed.Full Review

Desson Thomson
Washington Post

His film may be something of a beautiful lie, but what's true about Sollett's characters is that their dreams, their grace and their struggles are as real as it gets.Full Review

Manohla Dargis
Los Angeles Times

I loved this movie, and I wish it could be seen by all those kids who turn out every weekend for shoddy studio comedies that show them who they'd like to be. Raising Victor Vargas shows young lovers as they are.Full Review

Joe Morgenstern
Wall Street Journal
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