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A teenage boy is sent to a juvenile reform facility in the wilderness. As we learn about the tragic events that sent him there, his struggle becomes one for survival with the inmates, counselors, and the retired war colonel in charge.
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70
Grashaw's convincing drama distills this underexposed world into the story of a single young man trying to survive a system designed to break him.
67
The best thing about it is its star, P.J. Boudousqué, who locates a sense of terror and betrayal that the script lacks.
60
Suitable for teens — lies somewhere between indignant expose and unusually tasteful exploitation picture, with shower scenes and sweaty young delinquents aplenty.
50
Village Voice
Coldwater is almost boastfully grim.
50
The final act of Coldwater is horrendously misguided, the kind of insincere melodrama that erases the memory of what came before. It’s a particular shame because there’s an hour of decent filmmaking here.
