The Rage in Placid Lake
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63 out of 100

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  • Summary: Precocious, bohemian teenager Placid Lake, finishes high school and decides to do the one thing that will annoy his new age parents the most -- go straight! A few weeks with a library of self- help manuals and Placid has it sorted -- and he has the haircut and the cheap suit to prove it. (Palace Films)… Expand

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Ty Burr
    75
    For every line of dialogue that's truly, glitteringly acid, though, there are five that are merely clever, and Lee, likable as he is, never really taps into the misery of the teen misfit.
  2. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Stephen Cole
    75
    A welcome rarity: an amiable film comedy that leaves you feeling good as opposed to feeling for your wallet.
  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Sheri Linden
    60
    Taking satiric aim at a familiar target, conformity, Australian playwright Tony McNamara's film debut is by turns incisive and broad.

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