In high school, what kind of person did you dare to be: risk-taking and lustful, melancholy and confused or simply safe and over-achieving? "Dare" follows three very different teenagers through the last semester of high school. There are Alexa, the overachieving good girl who longs to break out of her shell; Ben, the melancholy outsider confused about his sexuality; and Johnny, the rich kid who has everything, including good looks, but hides behind his bad boy persona. This unlikely trio fall into each other's lives and each other's arms, making a last ditch effort to shake things up before they actually have to start living as adults.
Production Gigantic Pictures; Next Wednesday Productions;
Cast Names Luka Apt; David J. Bonner; Joe DeMarzio; Robert Fazio; Aaron Benjamin Miller; Andy Sinatra; David M. Sitbon; Nathan Unsworth; Teddy Valdes; Michael Tamin Yurcaba; Joe Zarriello; Nicole Eckenroad; Liz O'Leary; Emmy Rossum; Cady Huffman; Ashley Springer; Matthew Garrick; Brianne Berkson; Lucy McMichael; Annie Hibbs; Zach Gilford; Chris Riggi; Rooney Mara; Alan Cumming; Emily McNamara; Suzanne Savoy; Adam Fleming; Ana Gasteyer; Wayne Pyle; Jake Lane;
Release Date 2009-01-19 (Sundance Film Festival) 2009-07-19 (Outfest Film Festival) 2009-10-09 (Hamptons International Film Festival) 2009-11-02 (Savannah International Film Festival) 2009-11-13 (limited) 2010-02-09 (DVD premiere)
Genres Drama; Romance;
MPAA Rating [?] Rated R for sexual content, language and alcohol use - all
involving teens.
Running Time 1 hr. 32 min. 1 hr. 40 min. (European Film Market)