Variety stated, "To filmmaker Lucy Walker's credit, results transcend their sensational first impression, thanks to empathetic focus on a few select kids going through enormous changes", and summed it up as "engrossing." Los Angeles Times critic Kenneth Turan called it "one of the best documentaries in the (Sundance) festival". He wrote that the film deals in a poignant way with rumspringa. "This examination of the life-changing question one teen calls 'to be or not to be Amish' is haunting, provocative and unexpected." Film Threats Anthony Miele found the film "interesting and informative", but it "alludes to 'document' an entire sub-culture of a particular society, but [...] simply follows one troubled youth, Faron." See also Amish Rumspringa Rite of passage References External links Stick Figure Productions and Devil's Playground website (Flash) Review by Heather McIntosh at Documentary Site 2002 films 2002 documentary films American documentary films Amish in popular culture Amish in films Films shot in Florida Films shot in Indiana Films shot in Pennsylvania Films directed by Lucy Walker 2000s English-language films 2000s American films