To save a life

An Athlete in Search of Redemption

Teenage martyrdom — the piety of it all. In “To Save a Life,” Jake (Randy Wayne) is a star high school basketball player; Amy (Deja Kreutzberg) is his cheerleader girlfriend; and Roger (Robert Bailey Jr.) is his childhood friend who years ago crippled himself protecting Jake from an approaching automobile. When Jake’s popularity pushes Roger out of his life, Roger comes to school, brandishes a gun and shoots himself.
Now Jake is wrought with guilt, and his friends’ reckless partying isn’t helping. [...]

di Andy Webster, articolo completo (1813 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The New York Times 21 gennaio 2010