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Reviews Counted:55
Fresh:24
Rotten:31
Average Rating:5.2/10
Consensus: LaBeouf is appealing, but The Battle of Shaker Heights feels too watered down and disjointed.
Runtime: 79 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: With a team of strong actors, a hilarious script by Erica Beeney, and an evocative soundtrack, directing duo Efram Potelle and Kyle Rankin have hit the nail on the head with THE BATTLE OF SHAKER... [More]
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Kathleen Quinlan, Amy Smart, William Sadler
Director: Efram Potelle, Kyle Rankin
The Battle of Shaker Heights is the best movie ever to come out of a reality TV series. I haven’t seen From Justin to Kelly, The Real Cancun or Stolen Summer, but I can assume. The film’s novelty is the war re-enactment motif.
The Battle at Shaker Heights, is a genuine coming of age story that is captivating because of its lead star, Shia LaBeouf.
It's a very minor Catcher in the Rye, featuring clever but overcooked dialogue, two-dimensional supporting roles, and a disarming generosity toward its characters.
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Downright enjoyable.
You get the sense of too much input, too many bright ideas, too many scenes that don't belong in the same movie.
Top CriticWithout any of the dramatic transitions, we're left with a pileup of scenes, none of them very funny, and a thin, linear plot.
The movie was not great, but not Ishtar.
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It's no Rushmore or Sixteen Candles, but The Battle of Shaker Heights is heads-and- shoulders above your average teen comedy.
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It's a nice little movie, amateurish in some expected first-time-filmmaker ways but usually competent and never a disaster.
Perhaps it would've been best not to let Ben Affleck participate in judging the contest: Based on Gigli, it seems he wouldn't know a decent script from his own *******.
Cinematic mush.
LaBeouf shines when it counts, and his quirky appeal, as he tries to get the girl (Amy Smart), makes him worth rooting for.
It's too much going on, but I think that as was the case with Stolen Summer, the actors rise above the material and make it worth seeing.
A movie such as this can easily get by on charm, so long as we get a surprise or two from the rest of the script. Therein lies the problem.
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The filmmakers ended up with a teen flick of Tinkertoy sensitivity in which the assorted story arcs ... are all setup and no follow-through.
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