I watched this movie on a late night trying to fall asleep and I actually managed to finish it... The reason I actually finished it, even though I did briefly pass out a few minutes, is that I had somehow missed what happened that had driven this movie. What I realised is that we weren't really shown what happened and who did what so the events and reactions that followed were just very confusing. If the best friend was embarrassed and/or ashamed of what happened then why did he tell the girls and the swim team - subsequently the whole school - about it. The fact that the confrontations really led nowhere added to my frustration. I wanted to finish it so that I can at least get some semblance of what really happened and how the boys really felt about it... Well, I mean outside of the anger and outbursts. Ballas' sister's story was also mentioned as sort of a bullet point. I mean, I get that she is a secondary character but her issue was a REALLY deep one and we were just made to casually acknowledge then ignore it. Franky's friend - the girl - was also very annoying. Her character was like a bad parody. The open-ending also didn't help things. I mean, Franky was basically made to be an outcast at school and that had a tremendous effect on his emotional state and, again, we're just made to accept that what Ballas did really didn't have any consequences *on him*. He (Ballas) got off scott-free. Other than having to suffer on the inside and being generally angry, there was nothing bad that happened tp him. Even after what he did outside the store, we only saw cops taking statements. This movie is just fluff with decent actors and really good music.