A bitter, boring mess with no worthwhile message
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08/27/04
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... [More]
Starring: Matthew Lillard, Michael Goorjian, Annabeth Gish, Christopher McDonald
Director: James Merendino
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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
03/19/03
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Top CriticThe 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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SLC Punk cannot quite reach the richer depths it grasps for, because it doesn't have the material to support the large dramatic distance Stevo has to travel.
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06/24/06
An assured first feature from Merendino, a filmmaker whom I look forward to his next film from.
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