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Pups (1999)

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Average Rating: 7.1/10
Reviews Counted: 10
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Critic Reviews: 5
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Two bored suburban kids looking for something to do get trapped in the wrong kind of excitement in this independent drama. Stevie (Cameron Van Hoy) is a boy in his early teens, depressed and out of sorts, who half-heartedly attempts suicide without having the wherewithal to go the whole nine yards. When his girlfriend Rocky (Mischa Barton) shows up on her way to school, Stevie has just found his mother's gun while poking around the house. As they head off for class, Stevie brings the pistol

R, 1 hr. 43 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Kids & Family, Mystery & Suspense

Directed By: Ash

Written By: Ash

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1999 Wide

On DVD: Jul 25, 2000

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Cast

Cameron Van Hoy
Stevie
Mischa Barton
Rocky
Burt Reynolds
Daniel Bender
Adam Farrar
Wheelchair Man
David Alan Graf
Bank Manager
Kurt Loder
Kurt Loder
James Gordon
J.P.
Darling Narita
Joy
Ed Metzger
Mr. Edwards
Suzie Gordon
Rio
Adam Ferrar
David Allen Graf

Critic Reviews for Pups

All Critics (14) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (9) | Rotten (1)

The crisp images and Bill Foster's unnerving ambient sound of hovering copters enormously aid this low-budget powder keg.

February 14, 2001 Full Review Source: Variety

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Robert Koehler

Variety

Top Critic

Ash ... is a genuine provocateur-filmmaker.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

Top Critic

Raw but effective reworking of Dog Day Afternoon.

January 1, 2000 Comment

Lou Lumenick

New York Post

Top Critic

Pups looks ragged and slammed-together, but that's part of its appeal; the film has a wildness that more care would have killed.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

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Hyperkinetic, perceptive though derivative.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Lawrence Van Gelder

New York Times

Top Critic

If Stevie didn't seem like such a real and basically ordinary teen, the film wouldn't be so compelling.

October 26, 2007 Full Review Source: All Movie Guide

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Josh Ralske

All Movie Guide

An eye-opening examination of contemporary youth violence and American gun culture.

January 1, 2000 Comment

Matt Reichl

Reel.com

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'Pups' is about very emotive subjects (gun crime and gun ownership in the US, the loss of innocence and nihilism of younger generations) that manages raise them without ever turning to didacticism.It is the sort of film Michael Moore wishes he had the intelligence to produce. It is political without wearing a badge on

July 22, 2009