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What's it like being the only punk rockers in the biggest Mormon community in the world? Stevo (Matthew Lillard) and Heroin Bob (Michael Goorjian) provide the answer to this and other questions in SLC Punk. Stevo and Bob (whose name is actually an ironic reference to his fear of needles) are two friends fresh out of college who sport mohawks and blue hair, listen to hardcore and try to live up to their own anarchist ideals while figuring out what to do with their lives. Which wouldn't make them
Jun 1, 1998 Wide
Oct 19, 1999
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
All Critics (51) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (20) | Rotten (12) | DVD (5)
Funny. SLC Punk! got to me.
...one of those movies that's a lot more fun to watch than it is to think (or write) about
A bitter, boring mess with no worthwhile message
The script's deficiencies are balance by a surprisingly mature performance by Lillard, who is obviously capable of better roles than he's been offered.
There's nothing about the "SLC" in SLC PUNK that makes it stand out. The tale could have been told in any city, really
It's a rental for when you've seen everything else and are in the mood for some rebellion.
The film is an anthem to punks, to hipsters, to all young rebels, and ultimately concludes that it's not a lifestyle, but merely a naïve phase. But does writer/director Merendino look to extol the demerits of youthful rebellion? Hardly. "SLC Punk!", more than anything, is a coming-of-age film, and Matthew Lillard's
December 25, 2011Super Reviewer
Finally, a punk film that doesn't only just have the old sex & drugs representation, but a wide variety of what life can be like, depending on your crowd. As Stevo (Matthew Lillard), a hidden brain who has been accepted to Harvard law school, spends all his time forcing himself to stay out of school while he and his
October 5, 2010Super Reviewer
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