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Better Living Through Circuitry
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Generally favorable reviews
Based on 16 critic reviews
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Documentary
Written by:
Directed by: Jon Reiss
Release Date:
Theatrical: May 26, 2000
DVD: November 21, 2000
Running Time: 85 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: Not rated
Starring Jason Bentley, Frankie Bones, and Carl Cox
Documentary about the rave phenomenon, going deeper than you'll want to go unless you are already a fan of electronic dance music.
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Chicago Reader Ted Shen
It's as slick as anything you might find on the Discovery Channel, and the snippets of 3-D computer animation are too cool for words.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Eric Harrison
Circuitry plugs into the underground world of raves. The scene, complete with drugs and its own culture, is blissfully examined in a documentary that speaks the language of its youthful generation.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly John Payne
Succeeds in articulating the fluid values and constituent parts of the "culture" even as that culture's subjects are at best mildly articulate.
Read Full Review >Newsweek David Ansen
Fascinating but repetitious, Better Living Through Circuitry nevertheless does a good job describing the scene.
Salon.com Jeff Stark
In this floor-level view of the rave scene, director Jon Reiss keeps it pumping, humming, buzzing and spinning.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Niva Chonin
It's the content that makes this documentary fly. The documentary's only stumbling point is its dearth of historical context.
Read Full Review >Film.com Ernest Hardy
Questions loom heavily over this entertaining but not-too-deep film, making it more a commercial than real exploration.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
Intelligent and engaging, this documentary about rave culture overcomes the challenge inherent in its subject; rave's appeal is by nature nonanalytical and experiential, while documentary films play to the intellectual observer.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Stephen Holden
The movie is essentially pro-Ecstasy. No matter how much the D.J.'s may claim that their electronic sounds produce the euphoria of a good rave, the movie clearly implies that Ecstasy is the key that unlocks it all.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer Paula Nechak
While there is a faithful following of kids, it just never seems as exciting or sad or emotional -- or as ablaze with personalities -- as what has gone before.
Read Full Review >Mr. Showbiz Andrew Strickman
Jon Reiss' compelling documentary on the people, music, and social constructs of dance culture, may perhaps provide some needed balance to the mass media attention.
Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov
Suffers from a surplus of interviews and information that imbue it with a vague sense of overkill.
Read Full Review >Miami Herald Cary Darling
While Circuitry has its pleasures, it's not as intelligent as "Modulations," a previous documentary on the subject, and its focus is a bit skewed.
New York Post Hannah Brown
It's not much fun to watch people go to raves. And it's even less fun to listen to people talk about how much fun it is to go to raves.
What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Mike gave it an8:
Interesting throughout, with the occasional fascinating gem.
