Reviews

“Sarah Goodman’s seemingly ordinary documentary is an extraordinary film….reminds one of Francois Truffaut’s… L’ARGENT DE POCHE ”

CINEMA EYE

“Affecting and impressive… fascinating, indelible characters… one of the best films screening at Hot Docs”

INDIEWIRE

“Absorbing…Goodman is able to show a strange intimacy among the boys…fascinating.”

NOW MAGAZINE

“Consistently engrossing…(Goodman) uses her camera to build empathy, not pass judgement.”

GLOBE AND MAIL

“What Lord of the Flies would have been like if the characters played Guitar Hero.”

“Unusually intimate…Goodman succeeds at capturing the bustle and bravado in her young subjects daily lives as well as the unguarded moments that reveal the hurts they strive to keep hidden.”

TORONTO STAR

“…an affecting portrait of the ways kids get lost even with the best bearings and encouragement money can buy.”

“unremittingly charming and wholly empathetic….(Goodman’s) ability to intertwine the awkwardness of peer grouping and the intimacy of teenage friendship without interfering through narration, voice overs, or a back story is delightful.”

SPACING TORONTO

“Engrossing…impressively long-term verite doc about life among the young, privileged, white and male… When We Were Boys is a far more ambitious project than Goodman’s previous calling-card Army Of One”

TORONTO SUN

“…endearing…Goodman steps back to let Colin and Noah tell their own stories, at their own pace.”

NATIONAL POST

“winning”