Sean (Connor Jessup) is different, he dresses different (goth), hears dark music, has dark thoughts, hates most of humanity, has access to weapons, and he writes a very dark blog, in which he talks about having revenge on those who have wronged him - even if in the form of short stories ... but that's enough evidence for the police to search his house and arrest him on charges of threatening the life of others - despite the fact that Sean's only 16 - allegedly to avoid another Columbine massacre. And even without concrete evidence he's put to juvenile prison to await trial ...

There's another side to this story though, fact is that for the longest time, Sean had been the bullied kid in school, because he doesn't look and act like the others and isn't a jock - which seems to especially offend the hockey team who love to gang up on him and rough him up. And yet, he's best friends with Deanna (Alexia Fast), the girlfriend of the captain of the hockey team Cory (Craig Arnold) - but she's keeping their friendship a secret because she wants to be the popular girl, and Sean might drag her down. But then Cory does find out, and that's the day Sean's arrested ...

In juvenile prison, Sean's bullied just the same, especially by a guy called Trevor (Alex Ozerov), so much so that he eventually, against his better knowledge, accepts a plea deal rather than go to trial. After that, Sean is a free man but on probation, and he is to stay away from his school and from certain persons, including Deanna. However, staying away from Deanna is the one thing he can't do, and even if it becomes clear that she has not only forgiven him but feels remorse over not having done more for him to keep him out of jail, and quickly falls in love with him, this gets him back into jail ... but this time he's in with a different attitude ...

Blackbird is an at times heart-warming, at times heart-breaking drama about teenage angst, bullying and high school shootings that above all else gets one thing right: Dark thoughts don't result in dark deeds, and the real threat is often not the guy who looks most likely but the "most popular" kid at school - as a result, confirmity doesn't make you a good person if you conform with assholes, doing the right thing does. All this though is not conveyed to the audience in a preachy way but told as a moving drama with plenty of action, of meanness, of interesting turns to keep one interested, and a competent ensemble cast really carries the movie.

Quite a good one, actually!

review � by Mike Haberfelner

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