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SLC Punk!

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SLC Punk! (1999)

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Reviews Counted: 30

Fresh: 18

Rotten:12

Average Rating: 5.5/10

Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Stevo becomes a punk rebel in Reagan-era Salt Lake City. His ex-hippie father sees his lifestyle as a rite of passage and urges him to attend Harvard Law School like himself- not to sell out to the system, but to buy in. For Stevo, underneath... Stevo becomes a punk rebel in Reagan-era Salt Lake City. His ex-hippie father sees his lifestyle as a rite of passage and urges him to attend Harvard Law School like himself- not to sell out to the system, but to buy in. For Stevo, underneath the mohawk haircuts, earrings and leather, the idea, painfully, has some merit. [More]

Starring: Matthew Lillard, Michael Goorjian, Annabeth Gish, Christopher McDonald

Starring: Matthew Lillard, Michael Goorjian, Annabeth Gish, Christopher McDonald, Devon Sawa, Summer Phoenix, James Duval, Til Schweiger

Director: James Merendino

Director: James Merendino
Screenwriter: James Merendino
Producer: Sam Maydew, Peter Ward
Composer: Melanie Miller

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Oct 12, 1999

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...one of those movies that's a lot more fun to watch than it is to think (or write) about

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01/29/05
Philip Martin
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A bitter, boring mess with no worthwhile message

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Jon Niccum
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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.

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05/04/03
Andrea Chase
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There's nothing about the "SLC" in SLC PUNK that makes it stand out. The tale could have been told in any city, really

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Jeffrey Westhoff
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It's a rental for when you've seen everything else and are in the mood for some rebellion.

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