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75 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critics What's this?

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9.3 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 6 Ratings

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  • Starring: Emilio Estevez, Harry Dean Stanton
  • Summary: Otto (Estevez) loses his job as a stock boy in a supermarket in Los Angeles and spends his evenings in the punk underground before encountering Bud (Stanton) who brings him into the life of professional car repossessing. Meanwhile, a nuclear physicist (Harris) has stolen something dangerous and glowing which he stashes into the trunk of his 1964 Chevy Malibu. A mid-eighties cult classic.… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Vincent Canby
    90
    The real thing. It's a sneakily rude, truly zany farce that treats its lunatic characters with a solemnity that perfectly matches the way in which they see themselves.
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not Credited)
    90
    Repo Man has the type of unerring energy that leaves audiences breathless and entertained.
  3. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Brad Laidman
    60
    If anyone can figure out the cosmic significance of the film's omnipresent pine tree car fresheners, you're a better man than me.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. bobbsyw
    9
    Intense. But then the life of a repo man is always intense. Some fine acting, a ludicrous plot and some of the finest one-liners around. Fantastic and insane in equal measures.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. FallenFIre360
    9
    Holy Crap, this is one of the weirdest movies I have ever seen. But I love alien invasions, I love Esteves, and, I being a punk rocker in new orleans, love punk rock music.… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes

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