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All Critics (16) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (9) | Rotten (7) | DVD (1)
Watching this movie is a bit like going to a dance where the drummer can't keep a steady beat. You think you should be laughing, but you just can't quite bring yourself to. May 28, 2004 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Watching this movie is a bit like going to a dance where the drummer can't keep a steady beat. You think you should be laughing, but you just can't quite bring yourself to.
Peter Howell
An amiable film comedy that leaves you feeling good as opposed to feeling for your wallet. May 28, 2004 | Rating: 3/4
An amiable film comedy that leaves you feeling good as opposed to feeling for your wallet.
Stephen Cole
What's missing from McNamara's film is right there in the title: the anger that cauterizes teen-movie glibness and burns down to the heart of the matter. May 21, 2004 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
What's missing from McNamara's film is right there in the title: the anger that cauterizes teen-movie glibness and burns down to the heart of the matter.
Ty Burr
Polished and dark, but upbeat. Nov 19, 2003
Polished and dark, but upbeat.
Sheri Linden
Struggles to find the right tone. Sep 10, 2003 | Full Review…
Struggles to find the right tone.
Paul Byrnes
a brazen, mischievous look at rebellion Apr 7, 2005 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
a brazen, mischievous look at rebellion
Keith Breese
Lee makes an engagingly laid-back lead and a bespectacled Rose Byrne is adorable as the geeky girl-next-door. Apr 2, 2005 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
Lee makes an engagingly laid-back lead and a bespectacled Rose Byrne is adorable as the geeky girl-next-door.
Matthew Turner
There's an amusingly askance approach to the whole coming-of-age process that keeps us engaged. Jan 30, 2005 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
There's an amusingly askance approach to the whole coming-of-age process that keeps us engaged.
Rich Cline
A feel-good movie with some enjoyably deranged turns. May 28, 2004 | Rating: 3.5/5
A feel-good movie with some enjoyably deranged turns.
Jim Slotek
Presents the business world as a caricature without bringing fresh comic twists to a much-lampooned subject. May 21, 2004 | Rating: 2/4
Presents the business world as a caricature without bringing fresh comic twists to a much-lampooned subject.
Paul Sherman
Too broad and ridiculous to be an effective satire Feb 3, 2004 | Rating: 61/100 | Full Review…
Too broad and ridiculous to be an effective satire
Dan Jardine
A hugely enjoyable success and a cheerfully optimistic take on how to be young, reckless and free. Nov 13, 2003 | Rating: 3.5/5
A hugely enjoyable success and a cheerfully optimistic take on how to be young, reckless and free.
Luke Buckmaster
Very witty comedy. Now where did Benny Lee go after his performance here..Lake Placid?
Super Reviewer
A terrific coming of age story about a kid who really doesn't fit in anywhere. A brilliant look at finding one's place in the world. Placid Lake (Ben Lee) is a goofy, free-spirited, creative kid who tries to make it in the corporate world and to suppress his artistic side. His BFF Gemma (the beautiful Rose Byrne) is a brilliant straight-laced kid destined for great things. Will they embrace who they are (and each other) or will they conform to society's pressures and live lives of quiet desparation? This was laugh out loud funny and heart-breakingly sad and in the end, quite an entertaining film. Natasha Richardson was brilliant as Placid's hippy-dippy, new age, laisse-fare mother, and Claire Danes graced the screen with a brief, one-line appearance. But Lee and Byrnes make the film worth the time to watch it. One finds oneself rooting for them as individuals and as a couple. Great fun!
Somewhat silly movie. After being picked on his whole school existence, Placid Lake decides to starts work in a 9-5 job just to spite his hippie parents. Placid's best friend (Gemma) seems to know him better than Placid does himself. The Aussie accents give away the origin of the movie.
One of my favorites, if not my favorite, of the film movement filmes. A quirky Australian film.
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