I'm not going to lie, there are times during the film were I'm sitting rolling my eyes thinking that it kinda like any angst you'd find that includes a teenager in its plot. But what made up for that is the feelings that it seems to brings to you throughout, cause in my own case I seemed to go this roller-coaster ride of feelings throughout the film, all of course ending in films climax, as I'm sitting there chanting to myself 'don't cry, don't cry, damn it all I'm crying' and then proceeding to searching out my mother to give her a huge hug. So while it does have its drawbacks at times, I have gone back to re-watch this film and it still gives me the same goosebumps, the same emotions every-time.