I wasn't interested in another gun-violence teen drama. However, 10 minutes in, I was struggling to hold it together. Ten minutes after it ended, I was reeling from a gut-punch ending. Ortega, Ziegler, & Park give an authentic presentation of teendom, like Burnham's Eight Grade, with an intense injection of tragedy. The fact that writer-director Park didn't live through a school shooting shows her innate touch at empathetic filmmaking.

I didn't read anything about the story before watching The Fallout. I thought it was going to be an apocalyptic story or something like that. Coincidentally I just watched another school shooting movie a couple days ago, Run Hide Fight, which turned out to be a very unrealistic movie that I didn't like at all and only that I scored with three stars. The Fallout is better, it's all more realistic, the acting and behavior from the characters is just more believable. But to be honest I wasn't that thrilled by this movie either. It's sad to say but the audience prefers to have the story behind the shooter than the story of the victims. It just sells better. That said the movie is watchable. The main character played by Jenna Ortega is sometimes annoying to watch but overall her acting was okay, not great though so I don't understand the fuzz about her. So in conclusion The Fallout isn't the worst movie about this subject but I'm sure we will see better in the future.

If you are determined to do a film on the aftermath of an active-shooter incident, one that happens almost right after the credits roll, you could worse than this. Ortega steals every scene and carries the movie. An amazing performance.