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SLC Punk!

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SLC Punk! (1999)

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Reviews Counted:30

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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... 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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05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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12/06/05
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04/29/05
Christine James
Christine James
Boxoffice Magazine

...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
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

A bitter, boring mess with no worthwhile message

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08/27/04
Audrey Rock-Richardson
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Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah)

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06/13/03
Jon Niccum
Jon Niccum
Lawrence Journal-World

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
Andrea Chase
Killer Movie Reviews

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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03/19/03
Brian Mckay
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07/26/02
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

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

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06/28/02
John Venable
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