Mean Creek is a
2004 independent film directed by
Jacob Aaron Estes and starring
Rory Culkin,
Trevor Morgan,
Carly Schroeder,
Scott Mechlowicz,
Ryan Kelley, and
Josh Peck. The movie was filmed mostly in
Clackamas County, Oregon, including the cities of
Boring,
Sandy, and
Estacada, though footage on the river itself was filmed in SE
Washington.
Plot
The movie was filmed and set in a small town in
Oregon. Small and shy Sam (
Rory Culkin) admits to his older brother Rocky (
Trevor Morgan) that the school bully, a
dyslexic boy named George (
Josh Peck) has hurt him, and not for the first time. In fact, Sam seems to be George's favorite to pick on and bully almost daily.