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60 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 9
  3. Negative: 1 out of 9
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  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    75
    Kev Robertson's gritty camerawork and a musical soundtrack mixing hip-hop, punk and electronica add to the ambience of this impressive shoestring-budget indie.
  2. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Jane Ganhal
    75
    This is a small -- if rough -- gem of a film.
  3. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Paul Malcolm
    70
    It's Garrison and Burnam who hold the film's center, however, with a natural magnetism. Newcomers both, they take the same clean approach to their roles that their characters bring to their tags.
  4. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    63
    While Burnam and Garrison imbue their characters with authentic-feeling frustration and anger, they never succeed in making them especially interesting; it's hard to care in any serious way what becomes of either.
  5. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Joshua Land
    60
    Establishes a strong sense of milieu in these street scenes, and while the movie's not without its flaws--much of the dialogue is colorless and Lisa seems a bit too together to be hanging out with Curtis--it's never less than credible.
  6. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Mark Olsen
    60
    The ending, which unnecessarily veers toward lumpy, overwrought melodrama, undoes the scrappy elegance the film previously displays in fits and starts.
  7. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Nathan Lee
    60
    A minor movie, modestly made, that develops to a counterculture beat but ends with a status quo conundrum: Is selling out the new keeping it real?
  8. Variety
    Reviewed by: Eddie Cockrell
    60
    Picture's cliched underlying story of restless youth plays as too naive for an older audience and too provocative for teens.
  9. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Phil Hall
    30
    With a clumsy hip-hop score permeating every free inch of the soundtrack and ugly 16mm cinematography that would never be allowed out of Film School 101, the audio-visual experience is a wreck. The quality of Quality of Life is non-existent.
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