The Dirties is a Canadian drama that portrays the hot-button issue of high-school bullying and retaliation with a sensitive and realistic touch. When two bullied students start filming a “comedy” dramatizing their ideas for revenge, it becomes clear that there are darker issues and hidden violence beneath the surface. Filmed with only light scripting and often with a hidden camera, it achieves a naturalistic portrayal of high school students without any big name child stars.
"Matt Johnson's feisty and flip debut feature inverts the dark iconography of school shootings."
— Adam Woodward
"A shooter story that creeps up on you with humor and personality, featuring characters so likable the thought that they could transform into killers is at first unthinkable -- which is precisely the point."
— Eric Kohn
The line between reality and fiction starts to blur when two best friends start making a movie about getting revenge on bullies.