The Myth of the American Sleepover
Metascore
67 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 15
  3. Negative: 1 out of 15
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  1. indieWIRE
    Reviewed by: Eric Kohn
    Jul 19, 2011
    91
    By favoring mood over plot, "Myth" explores what it feels like to transition into youth adulthood and face harsher truths.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    Jul 28, 2011
    90
    First-time writer-director David Robert Mitchell tells a coming-of-age tale with such freshness and such bemused insight it's as if it has never been told before.
  3. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Scott Tobias
    Jul 21, 2011
    83
    It's a film where the feelings and experiences of young people are highly specific in detail, yet fundamentally universal and timeless.

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User Score
5.6 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 4
  3. Negative: 1 out of 4
  1. MarcDoyle
    5
    I can appreciate the mood and the murky perspectives from each of these kids, but the film as a whole seems undercooked to me. It's going for a more authentic feeling than "Dazed & Confused", "The Stoned Age" or "Can't Hardly Wait", and it's not as hard-edged as a "Suburbia", but it feels to me like it could have spent some more time in the concept stages. I like the older character who genially stalks the twins-who-got-away, but that storyline is not clever enough or thought through enough to make an impact. And the relationship between the runner who has transferred in to the new school and is unsure about which cluster of girls to befriend and her boyfriend is a little shallow for my liking. But hey, none of these are damnable offenses. It's just not a movie that I can enthusiastically recommend with a positive rating.… Full Review »
  2. klapperc
    0
    This movie is a disaster. It was so bad that you had to keep watching. I don't know what I hated more. The bad acting or weird scenes where you feel like you stabbing your eyes out with dull knives . And the charters in this movie looked like cereal killers.… Full Review »
  3. DiegoSanRobles
    6
    What struck me about this movie is its push for timelessness. I don't remember the kids using cell phones or mentioning facebook (unless I missed it) so in a way it does have the nostalgic tone that most of these day-in-the-life-of-teens mosaic films generally have, even if I think this is supposed to be contemporary. We have seen these interlocking stories about teen awakening before, but what this filmmaker is interested in is stripping it down so much that its strive for authenticity somewhat fails when one storyline feels a bit lacking (the college-age kid being creepy with twins he may have shared a moment with in high school).… Full Review »
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