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8.2/10
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Gritty documentary that looks at the lives of teenagers living on the streets of Seattle.Gritty documentary that looks at the lives of teenagers living on the streets of Seattle.Gritty documentary that looks at the lives of teenagers living on the streets of Seattle.
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This documentary hits very close to home. I grew up with "Rat" after 1984, and our lives are still involved in some ways. I saw this movie as a teenager and it really makes you think about how things could be. Most kids can't wait to get out "on their own" and when you look at the way some roads can take you, you don't ever want to leave. When I look back at how "Rat" grew up and the lives of these other kids, I think to myself how easy it could have been me or kids that I know now. When you watch this movie, you will always remember that LIFE is such a short period of time and so many things can bring you down along the journey. But you have to keep in mind that the negative is always a learning experience, the question is...would you take the same journey again?
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- TriviaRoberta Joseph Hayes was last seen alive February 7, 1987, when she was released from the custody of the Portland, Oregon, Police Department after an arrest for prostitution. On September 11, 1991, more than four years after she was last seen, a Washington State Parks employee discovered Roberta's skeletal remains. She was killed by the Green River Killer Gary Ridgway.
- ConnectionsFeatured in At the Movies: Cat's Eye/Stick/Streetwise (1985)
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- Gross US & Canada
- $9,904
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,006
- Jul 21, 2019
- Gross worldwide
- $9,904
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