Reviews

“This rocks with the urgency of youth and the wounded anger of the wrongfully accused.
4 stars”
-Montreal Gazette, October 12 2001

“A very real, very thourough – even masterful – portrait of the life of a street punk named Roach”
-Ian Brown, TVOntario The View From Here

“You gotta see this film”
-Vicki Gabereau, The Vicki Gabereau Show, March 4th

“Roach is a natural to present the case of the maligned street people who make a dollar dodging
traffic and the law”
The Vancouver Sun, March 7,2003

“Cross brought great sensitivity and intelligence to his previous work on the underprivileged,
in such films as Danny Boy and The Street. Again, here, he has proven a vital advocate for
the disenfranchised.”
-Montreal Mirror, Oct 11 2001

“S.P.I.T. will actually alter the way you look at those rag-bag kids who approach your car
with dripping wiper in hand.”
The Georgia Straight, Mar.6 2003

“…as intense and chaotic as life on the streets itself…SPIT achieves a rare feat by
neither romanticizing nor demonizing life as a squeegee punk.”
Lansing State Journal (Michigan), March 22 2003