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Valentine Road

2013 · Movie · TV-14 · 89 min · ★ 6.1 · 86% critics

Documentary

A middle-school shooting in California shocks a community and draws national attention. As the case unfolds, people debate what drove the violence—bias and identity, peer pressure, and the stories told about both students—while the search for truth exposes painful questions with no easy answers.

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Details
Years
2013
Release date
2013-01-19
Language
English
Rated
TV-14
Runtime
89 min
Critic score
86/100
TMDB rating
6.1/10 (33 votes)
About

If you like true-crime documentaries that dig into motive and social context rather than simple conclusions, this may work for you; Not for you if you avoid tragic stories about youth violence or want tidy resolutions like McMillions.

Pros: gripping real-life case; thought-provoking questions; strong emotional impact | Cons: heavy subject matter; upsetting violence; few clear answers

Themes

  • homophobia
  • woman director
  • gay theme

Cast & crew

Directed by Marta Cunningham