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Rites of Passage (2012)

Reviewed by Erin Richter | Mar 17, 2000
EW's GRADE
C-

Details Movie Rated: R; Genres: Drama, Mystery and Thriller; With: Jason Behr and Dean Stockwell; Distributor: Bell Canyon

Male bonding binds this straight-to-tape melodrama about a weekend retreat that violently unites the troubled men of the Farraday family (including pops Stockwell and gay son Behr) when two escaped convicts intrude. Powder director Victor Salva's ultimately contrived story falls apart when he mixes the heartfelt with the random (a plot thread involving a Native American manhood dance? Save it for The Learning Channel). C-

Originally posted Mar 17, 2000 Published in issue #531 Mar 17, 2000 Order article reprints

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