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The Wise Kids
Directed by
Stephen Cone
Not Rated
2011
1h 31m
Drama
6.3
100%
68%
5.9
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Three teens in South Carolina navigate faith, identity, and growing up: a pastor's daughter questioning her beliefs, her devout friend, and a young man coming to terms with his sexuality.
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Cast of The Wise Kids
Molly Kunz
Brea
Allison Torem
Laura
Sadieh Rifai
Elizabeth
Stephen Cone
Austin / Director / Writer / Producer / Editor
Tyler Ross
Tim
Frank Stennett
Frank
Lee Armstrong
Harry
Cynthia Pulsifer
Cynthia
Braxton Williams
Braxton
Cliff Chamberlain
Dylan
Laurel Schroeder
Erin
Rodney Lee Rogers
Pastor Jim
Sullivan Hamilton
Haley
Jacob Leinbach
Brad
Sadie Rogers
Cheryl
Will Kinnear
Adam
Laura Klein
Producer / First Assistant Director
Caity Birmingham
Production Design
Stephanie Dufford
Director Of Photography
Erin Amelia White
Costume Design
The Wise Kids Ratings & Reviews
Screen Slate
Bedatri D. Choudhury
Cone is a master of restraint as his storytelling always manages to portray extremely emotional moments without falling onto the crutches of overt melodrama...
Bay Area Reporter
David Lamble
The Wise Kids straddles the uneasy divide between love and faith.
First Things
Eve Tushnet
This is a film with unusual imaginative generosity.
Movie Metropolis
James Plath
Religion may permeate this film, but it does so because it permeates the characters' lives. "The Wise Kids" features some nice surprises and some solid acting and editing.
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
Chicago indie Stephen Cone took a quantum leap forward with this moving 2011 drama about a Christian youth group in small-town South Carolina.
Film Journal International
David Noh
Wonderfully intelligent coming-of-age story, filled with resonant questions of faith and done with a rare subtlety which honors the audience.
New York Times
Stephen Holden
"The Wise Kids" is a guileless exploration of the growing pains of sheltered innocents whose reticence and sincerity evoke 1950s small-town values.
Slant Magazine
Diego Semerene
Hovering over the narrative is the fear of the domino effect that change can enact, the dread that one person's "queerness" may perhaps expose everyone else's.
Village Voice
Melissa Anderson
[Flaws are] ultimately overshadowed by Cone's excellent young actors, particularly Torem, burrowing deeply into her character's zealotry and anguish about being left behind.
Variety
Robert Koehler
Cone's feature is among the best of a recent spate of dramas observing American Christian life.
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
John Beifuss
A smart, generous and believable coming-of-age feature; even the comedy is the comedy of recognition, rather than belittlement.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Honest, observant, and subtle.
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