usmagazine.com

The only thing I can compare it to is, I was in a Star Trek movie when I was like 11 and that was a big deal for a 11-year-old kid," star Mike Welch told Us. "But this is unlike anything I've seen before or been apart of.

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mtv.com

"I've never seen anything like this," added Michael Welch (Mike Newton). "I mean, I think we all had a thought or sense that this could be possible. But this is truly a dream come true, and I couldn't be more grateful."

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starpulse.com

Nikki Reed, the alluring star and co-writer of Hardwicke's startling debut "Thirteen," gets little to do but scowl as Edward's disapproving sister, Rosalie. Similarly, Peter Facinelli is just coolly creepy as the clan's patriarch, Dr. Carlisle Cullen. (Seriously, how is it possible that no one in town knows these people are vampires?) But Michael Welch and Justin Chon liven things up as a couple of classmates competing for Bella's attention. And Anna Kendrick, a scene-stealer last year in the high-school debate comedy "Rocket Science," pulls off the same feat here as Bella's saucy friend, Jessica.

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The Hollywood Reporter

Home of the Giants, Bottom Line: A dark-laced "Hoosiers" that scores from all over the story court.

March Madness shows its sinister side in "Home of the Giants," a saga about Indiana state-championship basketball. The main rivalry is not on the court, but off the hardwood, as two brothers go one-on-one in a good-vs.-evil showdown. This appealing, heady independent film won audience fans here at the Chicago International Film Festival.

Filmmaker Rusty Gorman puts a shrewd trajectory on this jock yarn, layering the drive to the championship with some unsettling human issues. At its core, "Home of the Giants" is played out on a much larger court, and Matt's greatest challenge is to overcome the dark legacy of his older brother. "Giants" is smartly shot with just the right character rotation between its two leads: As the sharp-shooting star, Merriman struts with high-school star cockiness and self-absorption, while Osment is winning as the sidekick who must assume leadership.

Indiestar.com

'Giants' gives a new twist to Indiana basketball tale.

The acting is uniformly solid. Osment, growing handsomely out of his kid-actor cutes, is believable as a teen questioning his roots. And Merriman impresses as a basically good kid ruined by the grown-ups around him, who alternately spoil him or use him as a pawn.Writer/director Rusty Gorman (a native of Marion) brings a steady hand, ably mixing teen angst and quick-cutting court action.

Indianapolis Business Journal

Given the generic title (please change it before it's too late), the Hoosier high school basketball millieu, and the film's very presence at this positive-values fest, I think I can be forgiven for expecting a very different kind of film. My expectations happily went out the window, though, as I became caught up in this intense, superbly crafted thriller that's worth a place in the hearts of anyone who love 'A simple plan' or 'The grifters'

Chicagoist

Home of the Giants is skillful, believable and genuinely suspenseful. Osment plays Gar, a journalist on the school paper who serves as unofficial mascot to the basketball team's hotshot star, Matt, who uses him to to get rides around town and stroke his ego. When Matt's no-good brother gets out of prison and hatches a plan for a robbery, you know things are going to go south pretty fast. And when a girl on the school paper realizes something's fishy, she starts doing a little digging.