Reviewer Tom Charity : `` Project X '' loses more than it gains from the `` videography '' gambit . There 's nothing new here -- the wild party is ingrained in youths ' rites of passage , he says . The film also has a lot to say about how kids are being manipulated by adults and that they need their parents around them as much as possible.
Reviewer Tom Charity : `` Project X '' loses more than it gains from the `` videography '' gambit . There 's nothing new here -- the wild party is ingrained in youths ' rites of passage , he says . `` Project X '' was directed by newcomer Nima Nourizadeh .