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Groove (2000)

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56

Average Rating: 6.1/10
Reviews Counted: 50
Fresh: 28 | Rotten: 22

Though high on energy and great techno tunes, Groove's characters and plotlines are too cliched to be engaging.

43

Average Rating: 5.5/10
Critic Reviews: 14
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 8

Though high on energy and great techno tunes, Groove's characters and plotlines are too cliched to be engaging.

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Average Rating: 3.8/5
User Ratings: 5,869

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Movie Info

Following other indie films about the kinetic, drug-saturated rave culture such as Go (1999) and Human Traffic (1999) comes this ensemble movie, set in San Francisco. At the film's opening, the main characters are introduced at breakneck speed, including Leyla (Lola Glaudini) who recently arrived from New York, Neo-hippie Harmony (MacKenzie Firgens), who is celebrating her birthday with her boyfriend Colin (Denny Kirkwood), and Colin's nerdy brother David (Hamish Linklater), who would much

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Greg Harrison

Dec 5, 2000

Sony Pictures Classics

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All Critics (65) | Top Critics (19) | Fresh (28) | Rotten (22) | DVD (8)

If this movie achieves anything, it makes you realize how dull parties really are.

April 11, 2001 Full Review Source: Washington Post
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A little bland, but it puts you in the mood to forgive it: relaxed and mellow and accepting.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Slate
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Manages to both capture the spirit of a counterculture and reflect on the essentially conventional lives of those who lose themselves in the buzz.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Detroit News
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Like drug movies from the 1960s, it's naive, believing that the problems of the straight life can be solved by dropping out and tuning in.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times
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This film seems a little sanitized.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee
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Harrison's eye for detail paints a fairly vivid slice-of-life picture.

January 7, 2010 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com
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A Frankie and Annette picture for the rave crowd.

January 7, 2005 Full Review
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

anything but a cautionary expose. In fact, it's almost an urban fairy tale.

June 15, 2002 Full Review Source: Kalamazoo Gazette
Kalamazoo Gazette

A movie for those in love with the rave scene, and those who are just curious.

October 10, 2001 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com
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The fresh-faced cast of newcomers and edgy, restless camerawork make up for the script's inherent predictability.

April 17, 2001 Full Review Source: BBC

Audience Reviews for Groove

I gave this one another look recently, as I've apparently been on a nostalgic kick for the '90s, and I have to say that I still love this one every bit as much as I did back then.

I say this as someone who loved dance music but never had any interest in being part of that scene, this is a really fun ensemble piece that follows a disparate group of people through a rave, all brought together by their love of the music. The only thing that is distracting now is that the cop who wanders through is played by the guy who has now come to fame as Ron Swanson on Parks & Recreation on NBC, so it's hard not to be taken out of the movie by that.

Highly recommended.
January 11, 2012
I love this movie, it's got great music, colorful characters, and an ending that will leave you with a smile on your face. :) I'm sure this film appeals to me most, because of the hard-ships and the up-sides to life, that it captures. It makes me think of all the stresses that invade me every day, and reminds me that everything will eventually be ok. Two Thumbs Way Up.
January 16, 2008
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