History Film / TheDirties

->''"Two best friends are filming a comedy about getting revenge on the bullies at their high school. One of them isn't joking."''

-->''[[spoiler:[[AxCrazy "What are you doing? It's me."]]]]''

->We're just here for the bad guys.

[[caption-width-right:350:Owen and Matt.]]

Matt and Owen are two [[HighSchoolRejects high school students]] making a movie about shooting the bullies that torment them daily. They finish their movie, show it to their film teacher, and discover they must completely rework it in order for it to be appropriate for class. While Owen loses interest in making the film and instead tries to woo the girl he likes, Matt becomes more and more obsessed with the idea of doing the movie, complete with a shooting scene, for ''real''.

->''"Two best friends are filming a comedy about getting revenge on the bullies at their high school. [[MurderIsTheBestSolution One of them isn't joking]]."''

* AffectionateParody: The film is arguably a love letter to movies. The ending credits is an impressive homage to many title cards of famous films.

* BecomingTheMask: Reconstructed. While Matt [[spoiler:certainly becomes the mask by the end of the film]] the question is exactly when this turns from being a performance to being reality. [[spoiler:Was he always serious about the shooting? If he and Owen had stayed as close as in the beginning and/or Owen hadn't been successful with Chrissy, would it have all remained as theory?] Is he actually aware that he's serious prior to losing his relationship with Owen?]]

* BromanticFoil: Matt is this to Owen, despite being the main character.
* CanadaEh: Averted, though they do drop a few "eh"s from time to time.
* CannotTellFictionFromReality: As Matt's plan to get revenge on the Dirties becomes more important to him, he loses his [[SanitySlippage grasp on reality]]. Owen gets very upset with him for this.
-->"You're acting! You're always acting! Always you're conscious of yourself. I don't know what's real with you and what's not real with you."

* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Owen for Matt.

* CrushingHandshake: One of the very first instances of bullying in the film is a variation of this.

* DescriptionCut: Many subtle ones--the movie is cut together so one thing happens after another--but a more obvious one is when Matt mentions the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN1XzxOQWrA "wicked song by Best Coast."]]

* DoubleTap: [[spoiler:Matt almost casually does this to Jackman.]]
* DrivenByEnvy: It could be argued that [[spoiler:Owen gradually getting closer to Chrissy and more distant with Matt]] is part of why [[TheResenter Matt]] starts taking his revenge plot more seriously.

* FauxDocumentary: Minus the talking heads.
* FeudEpisode: Owen gets more and more fed up with [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex Matt's antics]], and [[spoiler: explodes at Matt when he's doing kung-fu on the cliff.]]
** Apparently, real-life Owen was genuinely frustrated with real-life Matt in this scene due to the way they shot the movie.
* GilliganCut: The cake-making scene.

* IncrediblyConspicuousDrag: ''[[Film/BeingJohnMalkovich Malkovich, Malkovich...]]''
* LeftItIn: "Don't...don't say 'faggots'."
* TheMovieBuff: Try to find a scene in this movie where Matt isn't making some reference to another film.
** His walls are covered with movie posters, too.

* OnlyFriend: Lampshaded by Owen when he [[spoiler:storms out of Matt's house.]]
* PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure: [[spoiler:One of the many things that leads to [[AxCrazy Matt]] killing the bullies.]]
* SchoolBullyingIsHarmless: Boy is this ever subverted. Matt and Owen are practically tortured daily.
* SerenadeYourLover: Owen tries to do this with Chrissy.

* TeensAreMonsters
* TVTeen: Totally averted. They shot the film in real high schools, so [[DawsonCasting besides the lead actors]], the students are all actually in high school.
** Plus, one of the aims of the movie was to portray teens in a realistic, non-Hollywood way.
* WhosLaughingNow: [[spoiler:''"Sweatpants are out."'']]

* Narcissist: Matt begins the movie by quoting famous films and TV shows, but as it goes on, he begins to quote himself.

* HoYay: Matt's reaction to Owen getting closer to Crissy, coupled with his rather longingly watching the "Malkovich, Malkovich" footage.

* CannotTellFictionFromReality: As Matt's plan to get revenge on the Dirties becomes [[SanitySlippage more important]] to him, he loses his grasp on reality. Owen gets very upset with him for this.

* CanadaEh: Even though it's never explicitly stated, the film takes place in Canada.
** That didn't stop a few film festivals from programming ''The Dirties'' as [[CanadaDoesNotExist an American film]], though.

Matt and Owen are two [[HighSchoolRejects high school students]] making a movie about shooting the bullies that torment them daily. They finish their movie, show it to their film teacher, and discover they must completely rework it in order for it to be appropriate for class. While Owen loses interest in making the film and instead tries to woo the girl he likes, Matt becomes more and more obsessed with the idea of doing the shooting ''for real''.

Matt and Owen are two [[HighSchoolRejects high school students]] making a movie about shooting the bullies that torment them daily. They finish their movie, show it to their film teacher, and discover they must completely rework it in order for it to be appropriate for class. While Owen loses interest in making the film and instead tries to woo his childhood crush, Matt becomes more and more obsessed with the idea of doing the shooting ''for real''.

Matt and Owen are two high school students making a movie about shooting the bullies that torment them daily. They finish their movie, show it to their film teacher, and discover they must completely rework it in order for it to be appropriate for class. While Owen loses interest in making the film and instead tries to woo his childhood crush, Matt becomes more and more obsessed with the idea of doing the shooting ''for real''.

** This is what Matt's mom defines as crazy when he asks her if she thinks he's nuts.

* BewareTheSillyOnes: Matt is constantly trying to be funny and make Owen (or anyone) laugh. [[spoiler:Even when he's setting up the [=GoPros=] to capture the shooting, he's singing to himself.]]

* BewareTheSillyOnes: Matt is constantly trying to make Owen (or anyone) laugh or trying to be funny. [[spoiler:Even when he's setting up the [=GoPros=] to capture the shooting, he's singing to himself.]]

* CannotTellFictionFromReality: As Matt's plan to get revenge on the Dirties becomes [[SanitySlippage more important]] to him, he loses his grasp on reality. Owen gets very upset with Matt for this.

* DescriptionCut: Many subtle ones--the movie is cut together so one thing happens after another--but a more obvious one when Matt mentions the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN1XzxOQWrA "wicked Best Coast song."]]

* Narcissist: Matt begins the movie by quoting famous films and TV shows, but [[spoiler:as it goes on, he begins to quote himself.]]
* NoFourthWall: "You're going to need to put these in yourself."

* WhosLaughingNow:
-->[[spoiler:''"Sweatpants are out."'']]