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21 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment WeeklyFor a while, angry young Stevo (Lillard) turns his quest for total anarchy into a grungy, giddy, randomly violent rave. Then reality creeps up and, well, it bites.
- 70L.A. WeeklyHazel-Dawn DumpertL.A. WeeklyHazel-Dawn DumpertUltimately a wiser and truer film than its crass and cartoony beginnings would have us believe.
- 63ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliThe film has an undeniable energy, and, at times, it works as light entertainment, but there is a problem. The central character is consistently aggravating.
- 63San Francisco ExaminerWesley MorrisSan Francisco ExaminerWesley MorrisIt's handsome filmmaking that doesn't surface until the final 25 minutes during which Stevo and company's sense of marginalization achieves the palpable, emotional import that's more expressive than anything its characters' have to bitch about.
- 50The movie starts out as a sweet piece of hardcore pie, full of energy and "Repo Man"-esque satire, but ultimately deteriorates into a Percodan-flavored "Afterschool Special."
- 50The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinLikable for its outlandishness, less so when it shows a self-important streak.
- 40Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovMerendino's film is lacking the streamlined cohesion it needs to spike itself in your cortex as hoped, but it is about as accurate a punk film as I've seen in some time, especially when it comes to the horrors and boredoms of small-scene life.
- 40Film ThreatFilm ThreatWhat begins as a poetically offbeat comedy, full of energy and verve, turns woefully mundane as the protagonists become introspective and enlightened.
- 30New Times (L.A.)New Times (L.A.)What it offers at its shockingly sappy core is a familiar view of adolescent rebellion as a goofy but inevitable phase.