SYNOPSIS: On the shores of a deceptively peaceful mountain lake, inside a picturesque castle-cum-boarding school, four bored boys from über-wealthy families create a clique, replete with sexually charged rites and rituals.  Desiring to break free from the gilded cage in which their parents have deposited them, they sneak off campus at night to party, skinny dip and play their increasingly dangerous games.  The stronger-willed boys lord it over the weaker ones, until really bad things start to happen.

EDITORIAL REVIEW:  In Teenage Angst, the story takes place in a high-end boarding school for rich kids.  In a stereotypical view from a gay person's eyes about an all-boys boarding school, everyone is apparently gay, horny, and dying to get laid in some sort of kinky sex romp...and don't forget the über-kinky initiation for "newcumers" to the school.  And it is these cruel sexually themed initiations that seem to guide these boys through life as they get more and more sadistic.  I found it very hard to get into this movie.  The actors are a little lost at times, and so is the story telling.  Although, Teenage Angst begins to draw you in with hints of brilliant story-telling (there's a wee bit of Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange kind of storytelling) on occasion, it doesn't quite grab your attention before it starts to drift again - almost like the writer or director ran out of paper when writing the script.  And just when you think they're adolescents trying to get your sympathy, they end up in bars doing very adult things and in several other adult situations where any sense of reality is thrown out the window (hence getting lost with the point of the film).

If you're looking for a good story, this 60-minute feature is almost empty.  But, if you're looking to get lost in your imagination and just go with the flow, then you'll probably enjoy it!   I just think the idea of boarding schools being full of sex-crazy boys with bizarre and cruel initiation rituals is a plot that has been used far too often.  Teenage Angst kind of reminds me of the days of the teen-exploitation films like Porky's - you know when the actors are trying to convince you of their innocence and nativity - which is a little difficult when the actor playing a 15-year-old is actually 23-years-old and has a "5 o'clock shadow" at 9 in the morning!  Porky's might be a bad example as that movie is a comedy and Teenage Angst is nothing to laugh at, err I mean laugh with.

As a bonus to this DVD is the short film Baby Shark, which is three stories of teens behaving badly.  Baby Shark is a lot more enjoyable, more realistic, and a welcome addition to this DVD.

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STARRING: Franz Dinda, Niklas Kohrt, Janusz Kocaj, Michael Ginsburg.
AVAILABILITY: In stock! Ships within one business day.
LENGTH: 65 minutes + 15 minute short film.
LANGUAGE: German (main feature), French (short film), both with OPTIONAL ENGLISH and SPANISH SUBTITLES.
SPECIAL FEATURES: 1.85:1 (16:9 Widescreen); 5.1 Dolby Stereo; 1 disc; Chapter selection; Photo gallery; Trailer; Uncut.
VIEWER DISCRETION: Moderate nudity, sexual scenes, sexual innuendo, violence of a sexual nature, coarse language.
PICTURE QUALITY: Excellent picture quality. (what's this mean?)
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Germany (2008).
ALSO KNOWN AS: Spieltrieb (Germany) (working title).
DATE ADDED TO OUR LIBRARY:  December 12, 2008.
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