What's most impressive about this movie is how familiar, rather than how different, everything feels.
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04/15/03
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Better Luck Tomorrow (2003)
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Reviews Counted:95
Fresh:76
Rotten:19
Average Rating:7/10
Consensus: A promising work by Lin, the energetic Better Luck Tomorrow is disturbing and thought-provoking.
Theatrical Release:Apr 11, 2003 Limited
Box Office: $3,687,324
Synopsis: Everyone knows a person like Ben - the perfect Asian American high school teen - extremely intelligent, a perfectionist, overachiever whose tunnel vision leads to nothing less than graduating at... [More]
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Reviews for Better Luck Tomorrow
Every generation produces its own version of The Graduate. Chalk up Better Luck Tomorrow, Justin Lin's smart, sometimes raw comedy-drama, as a contender for today's teens.
04/12/03
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04/12/03
Lin's assured and electric tale of good kids gone bad might be just another run-of-the-mill exercise in flashy adolescent nihilism were it not for the cleverly atypical way in which he confronts the material.
04/11/03
There is a moral ambiguity to the film that could disturb some viewers, but the film's clever plotting and intriguing characters will stay with you well after leaving the theater.
04/11/03
Lim's premise is a great idea for a short film, but while he makes several serious points about racial profiling and tokenism, there's not enough story here for a full-length feature.
04/11/03
Lin never gets on a soapbox, and these characters could have walked out of any high school in the country.
04/11/03
Shen and Tobin are particularly good as the straight-laced, handsome Ben and the half-mad Virgil.
04/11/03
Despite giving in to melodrama's nagging demands, Lin displays an arch, nervy style that could serve him well in the future.
04/11/03
Top CriticSolid performances by the cast and Lin's expressive storytelling techniques combine for an absorbing twist on this coming-of-age tale.
04/11/03
Worth a look-see for fans of crime comedy.
04/11/03
Makes the grade with its youthful pace, sly sense of humor and comments on racial stereotypes.
04/11/03
The movie so credibly taps into the confusing emotions of adolescence that nothing these kids do ever seems less than spontaneous and uniquely individual.
04/11/03
Marks Lin as a talent to watch.
04/11/03
Top CriticA shrewdly tense piece of storytelling.
04/11/03
Top CriticNot just a thriller, not just a social commentary, not just a comedy or a romance, but all of those in a clearly seen, brilliantly made film.
04/11/03
Top CriticJustin Lin's look at overachievers who achieve bad things is a thriller, a social satire, a character study -- and one of the year's best.
04/11/03
There's a sting to this film that gets to you.
04/10/03
Top CriticAn accomplished technician and an adept director of actors, Lin doesn't have a distinctive visual style but he does have the advantage of being as smart as he is slick.
04/10/03
What helps Lin's feature-directing debut is his insight into the dark side of living up to 'model minority' stereotypes in a materialistic culture.
04/10/03
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