I get this is John J. Budion's first attempt at writing and directing, but don't lie to your audience by fooling them with these fake reviews. Now I will never see a film by him. At best this film is a 4 or 5. Don't waste your time on a writer/director that has to lie to their viewers.

I saw all these perfect 9&10/10 reviews and decided to give this film a go. What a mess! Visual effects guy John J. Budion turned writer & director seems to have spent more effort on these fake reviews, than his production! Out of 37 reviews (all 9 & 10's),36 are all fake! Click on the users name and you can tell lol.

For a visual effects guy, you'd think he'd ease up on using an orange washed out filter throughout the entire film. The writing was slow and boring as was the pace, the directing clearly a mess, and the actors albeit mostly kids were poorly directed. At 90 mins runtime, it felt like 150 mins.

It's a 'real' and generous 4/10 from me.

If you like young teenage drama movie, this is a good choice,because the 6 boys on the main cast were sooo good, very relaxed and in the mood for good dialouges and acting. its fun ,its sad, its cruel, its love, its shy, its death so the director must have cleared the ground in a good way. its a socalled narrative movie,and that is very well done.

what i didnt like was the last quater of the film, its like the helium went out of the balloon, and would have easily been a 9 or a 10, but thats my opinion also the score missed my marks, but the filmo and editing are really good.

dont let me spoil the dinner, its recommendable enough, enjoy the newcomers in the movieworld, they are good...

Don't worry. I'll protect you. Who will protect you?

"Rockaway" is an uncomplicated low-budget coming-of-age story that focuses on child abuse and a plan to escape from it. In general, it's not such a bad movie. It doesn't pretend to be any better than an average television film. A kind of Goonies, but not with a treasure map of One-Eyed Willy, but a paper with an inventively worked out sketch that shows how they can eliminate the aggressive father. When Anthony (Keidrich Sellati) and his younger brother John (Maxwell Apple) accidentally meet up with a group of other young kids, a friendship bond develops and the two boys end up in a happier world than they had known until then. No, the film wasn't really bad. Only the performances of the gang of kids was sometimes a bit bumpy. And the end was a bit too corny and artificial. With the right bag of chips and a matching drink, this film is quite enjoyable on a Saturday night!

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