It's the story of two teenage girls who have been abused for a long time. It seems that the sisters Sandra and Pete discovered that they can rely on each other completely. Things change completely when addicted mother Linda plans to transfer one of them with her lustful lover, who specializes in the abuse of two children. Eventually, Sandra and Pete plan to recruit classmates to mercilessly kill her mother.
The film owes whatever persuasiveness it has to the teen leads' sharp performances - their sisterly chemistry and their filial friction with an alcohol-addled mother, well played by Mira Sorvino.
Brooks crafts a glorified basic cable movie, complete with stiff staging, obvious performances, and clunky screenwriting that turns absolute horror into unintentional comedy.
Exists in a soupy, unpersuasive middle ground, neither touching the rich, charged atmosphere of Heavenly Creatures, nor aiming for something more darkly comedic or rooted in social commentary.
