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Price of Air, The
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Price of Air, The reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 8 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
N/A out of 10
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MPAA RATING: Not Rated

Starring Josh Evans, Michael Madsen, Dick Van Patten, and Alexis Arquette

Paul (Evans) is a young punk who agrees to courier a drug for Mr. Ball (Madsen). When things go wrong, Paul and his girlfriend go on the lam and share the strange drug.


GENRE(S): Drama  
WRITTEN BY: Josh Evans  
DIRECTED BY: Josh Evans  
RELEASE DATE: Theatrical: September 15, 2000 
RUNNING TIME: 85 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: USA 

What The Critics Said

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25
New York Daily News Jami Bernard
In this unpleasant mess of a movie, a heroin-like drug called "blue" is said to be "more addictive than air."
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20
TV Guide Ken Fox
Filled with long, obviously improvised pseudo-philosophical ramblings about nothing -- and that's before the drugs kick in.
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20
Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
Smartly shot in digital and transferred to 35 mm, suggests that Evans needs more seasoning to make genre conventions and characters work for him rather than against him.
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20
Village Voice Michael Atkinson
Culminates in a second bing-bang-boom triple shoot-out that effectively cancels out the shreds of remaining plot but is shot and cut like a sixth grader's Super-8 struggle for Woo-ness.
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10
Variety Scott Foundas
Wallows in the deviant proclivities of the rich, wearing its rancor like a merit badge.
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0
The New York Times Dave Kehr
The picture is a smeary, dreary mess from start to finish.
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