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  • 2011
  • TV-14
  • Tribeca Films
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2011
  • TV-14
  • Tribeca Films
  • 1 h 34 m

Summary Plenty of high schoolers feel bullied, ignored, and just plain screwed over by The Man. Not many take it into their own hands to print an underground 'zine revealing the icky underbelly of high school, from the meanest wedgie-givers to a nasty cafeteria. Eddie "Gonzo" Gilmanis just that guy, and with help from his fellow outcasts, the ne...

Directed By: Bryan Goluboff

Written By: Bryan Goluboff

  • 2011
  • TV-14
  • Tribeca Films
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2011
  • TV-14
  • Tribeca Films
  • 1 h 34 m

Beware the Gonzo

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary Plenty of high schoolers feel bullied, ignored, and just plain screwed over by The Man. Not many take it into their own hands to print an underground 'zine revealing the icky underbelly of high school, from the meanest wedgie-givers to a nasty cafeteria. Eddie "Gonzo" Gilmanis just that guy, and with help from his fellow outcasts, the ne...

Directed By: Bryan Goluboff

Written By: Bryan Goluboff

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Sep 6, 2011
When Gonzo divulges his classmates' darkest secrets, we're meant to disapprove of his transformation from swaggering New Journalist to WikiLeaks extremist. In the real world, we've still haven't decided which ethical version we prefer.
By Eric Hynes FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 29, 2011
The directing debut for screenwriter Bryan Goluboff, Beware the Gonzo isn't bad, it's just that for a film aiming to celebrate media rebellion it feels timid and unadventurous.
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Sep 6, 2011
Too cute by half, Beware the Gonzo will appeal to the 20 people left on earth who insist on broadsheets over iPad apps and/or those bewitched by star Ezra Miller's pretty cheekbones.
By Melissa Anderson FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 6, 2011
As Beware the Gonzo happily dreams up its nerdy hero's victories over bullies, school censorship, and feeling like a nobody, it seems to do so from another time.
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40
Sep 8, 2011
Its serious intentions notwithstanding, Beware the Gonzo is essentially a comedy with a mean streak; its portrait of the big man on campus is truly venomous.
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12
Sep 9, 2011
A thoroughly amateurish effort at capturing clued-in and smartass teens.
By Kyle Smith FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Corner Store Entertainment
Release Date Sep 9, 2011
Duration 1 h 34 m
Rating TV-14
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