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2020
Not Rated
HBO Max
1 h 30 m

2020
Not Rated
HBO Max
1 h 30 m

Summary Class Action Park is the first-ever feature-length documentary to explore the legend, legacy, and truth behind a place that long ago entered the realm of myth. To some, New Jersey's infamous Action Park was the most spectacularly fun amusement park on Earth: A place where unruly 1980s teenagers were given free rein to go gonzo on strange...

Directed By: Seth Porges, Chris Charles Scott III

Written By: Chris Charles Scott III, Seth Porges

2020
Not Rated
HBO Max
1 h 30 m

2020
Not Rated
HBO Max
1 h 30 m

Class Action Park

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews

68

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 16 User Ratings

6.9

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Summary Class Action Park is the first-ever feature-length documentary to explore the legend, legacy, and truth behind a place that long ago entered the realm of myth. To some, New Jersey's infamous Action Park was the most spectacularly fun amusement park on Earth: A place where unruly 1980s teenagers were given free rein to go gonzo on strange...

Directed By: Seth Porges, Chris Charles Scott III

Written By: Chris Charles Scott III, Seth Porges

Where to Watch

Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews

70% Positive
7 Reviews

30% Mixed
3 Reviews

0% Negative
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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews

70% Positive
7 Reviews

30% Mixed
3 Reviews

0% Negative
0 Reviews

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Mixed Reviews
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Chicago Tribune

Aug 28, 2020

The documentary infers a good deal about Mulvihill’s underworld connections and political maneuvers without quite nailing them down.

By Michael Phillips FULL REVIEW

Entertainment Weekly

Aug 27, 2020

The movie's just pure fun; a cock-eyed Valentine to a place so outrageous that death or dismemberment was an actual acceptable risk — but so was the chance to live, as one former security guard fondly recalls, in “an ‘80s movie that was real life. And it will never happen again.”

By Leah Greenblatt FULL REVIEW

User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 16 User Ratings

75% Positive
12 Ratings

25% Mixed
4 Ratings

0% Negative
0 Ratings

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Generally Favorable Based on 16 User Ratings

75% Positive
12 Ratings

25% Mixed
4 Ratings

0% Negative
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The New York Times

Sep 2, 2020

Class Action Park loses its footing somewhat in the closing passages; Scott and Porges don’t seem to know quite how to wrap things up, and the film’s big tonal shift is a turning point that is all but impossible to come back from.

By Jason Bailey FULL REVIEW

Austin Chronicle

Sep 4, 2020

Yet Porges (who pops up as an expert talking head) and co-director Chris Charles Scott III never quite hit an even tone - or rather, there's a big divide, like bouncing along on a kiddy coaster that suddenly turns into a brutal corkscrew with a massive drop at the end.

Jan 23, 2024

For those interested only in a visual fleshing-out of a Wikipedia entry, Class Action Park does the job. Anyone hoping for more won’t find it in this unremarkable piece of nostalgia-bait.

By James Berardinelli FULL REVIEW

Wall Street Journal

Aug 27, 2020

Narrated quite drolly by comedian John Hodgman, Class Action Park is very funny in its dark way, the interviewees are all charmingly surprised that they lived through their teenage years and there’s a remarkable amount of action footage from the park, considering that it predates cellphones. (The animation by Richard Langberg is amusing, too.) Where the film has a problem is Mulvihill.

By John Anderson FULL REVIEW

Aug 27, 2020

For all its attempts to build itself into something more substantive, it’s still a day at the theme park.

By Charles Bramesco FULL REVIEW

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Details

Production Company Pinball Party Productions

Release Date Aug 27, 2020

Duration 1 h 30 m

Rating Not Rated

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Website http://www.hbomax.com/classactionpark

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Awards

Florida Film Festival

• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

Fantasia Film Festival

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

Hollywood Critics Association

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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