The Dirties Film Analysis

The film that I have chosen to discuss when talking about crime and deviance is an independent movie found on Netflix called The Dirties. The Dirties is a Canadian movie that came out in 2013. It is filmed in an unprofessional style, and the camera follows the two main characters, Matt and Owen, as they transform from two normal high school boys into school shooters. Deviance is essential to this film because being both associated with deviant behavior and being labeled as deviant by their peers, potentially, was the one of the ultimate causes that decided the crime needed to be committed. These factors determined what the crime would be and why it would be committed. The film begins with Matt and Owen introducing their situation through a film they are making for their high school film class. The initial reaction of the two is that they are social outcasts, which is pretty easy to spot within a high school because they will be the ones that everyone targets. These characteristics are seen in the video because they are shown being bullied together and then interviewing the people around to hear that no one really wanted to help them as well. Matt and Owen both clearly have limited socialization, which has pushed them to be outsiders. However, the inability for these two to socialize within their society was where they got their self-importance. They did not in any way enjoy being …show more content…
There are indicators all throughout this movie that suggests what is going to occur, but somehow the entire school was not able to realize what was happening until it was too late. Though it is just a movie, this is a slightly dramatized representation of what actually can and have occurred in situations similar to this. If deviance is essential to the society, then we must work to find ways to recognize and minimize deviant acts when they can be