White Rabbit

While it has some good performances and noble intentions, it doesn't really bring anything new to the conversation and ultimately fails to give viewers any compelling reason to wade through all the bleakness and misery that it has to offer.

It sometimes reads as a cheap, sleazy horror film, but its heart seems to be in the right place.

Neither screenwriter Anthony Di Pietro or director Tim McCann ("Desolation Angels") has a sure grasp of this uneasy mix of nature and nurture.

All too much of Tim McCann's drama about this disturbed loner comes to feel like a checklist of warning signs.

First-time screenwriter Anthony Di Pietro pulls off a couple of nice character reversals.

"White Rabbit" is a deeply unpleasant viewing experience.

White Rabbit ultimately feels exploitative.

...generic and often painfully slow...

The emotional authenticity makes what could have easily been just another in a long line of similarly-minded dramas feel like a singular human story.

Fails to craft more than one-dimensional characters, making it impossible for the film to contribute to the difficult but urgent conversation about a terrifying topic.

A dull, insight-free portrait of a young teen who's driven to become a high-school shooter by all manner of clichéd forces.

White Rabbit simply doesn't arrive at a convincing diagnosis for Harlon, much less any insight into the culture that gives rise to killers like him.