At first blush, "Mean Creek," by first-time writer-director Jacob Estes, is a film in the tradition of "River's Edge" and "Stand by Me." And on its surface, this engrossing exploration of friendship, ...
A river trip becomes an allegory of life, coming-of-age and death in writer-director Jacob Estes' "Mean Creek." A junior "Deliverance" by way of "Stand By Me," with a pinch of "Lord of the Flies", the ...