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  • 1999
  • R
  • TriStar Pictures
  • 1 h 21 m
  • 1999
  • R
  • TriStar Pictures
  • 1 h 21 m

Summary An 80's one-hit wonder band named The Suburbans reform for a special performance at one of the ex-member's wedding. At the wedding, a young record company talent scout happens to be in the audience and decides to give the now 40-ish performers a comeback push.

Directed By: Donal Lardner Ward

Written By: Tony Guma, Donal Lardner Ward

  • 1999
  • R
  • TriStar Pictures
  • 1 h 21 m
  • 1999
  • R
  • TriStar Pictures
  • 1 h 21 m

The Suburbans

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
24
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 5 User Ratings
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Summary An 80's one-hit wonder band named The Suburbans reform for a special performance at one of the ex-member's wedding. At the wedding, a young record company talent scout happens to be in the audience and decides to give the now 40-ish performers a comeback push.

Directed By: Donal Lardner Ward

Written By: Tony Guma, Donal Lardner Ward

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
24
6% Positive
1 Review
19% Mixed
3 Reviews
75% Negative
12 Reviews

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
24
6% Positive
1 Review
19% Mixed
3 Reviews
75% Negative
12 Reviews

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67
A fresh and beautifully timed, if slight, romantic comedy.
By Michael Atkinson FULL REVIEW
40
Wants to be many things, but ends up being not much of anything.
By Ernest Hardy FULL REVIEW
38
Good-natured but mostly unfunny.
By Jonathan Foreman FULL REVIEW
30
A mediocre ensemble comedy-drama that's not particularly funny, involving or even nostalgic.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
25
A desperately unfunny comedy that wastes a brand-name cast.
By Jami Bernard FULL REVIEW
16
By appearing in The Suburbans, a stunningly laugh-free comedy, (Jennifer Love Hewitt)'s already gotten her career-worst movie out of the way.
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10
So utterly awful, you're tempted to build a time machine, then go back in history and try to make sure Ward's parents never meet.
By Robert Wilonsky FULL REVIEW

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0% Mixed
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60% Negative
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Production Company HSX Films, Ignite Entertainment, Motion Picture Corporation of America (MPCA), Suburbans LLC
Release Date Oct 29, 1999
Duration 1 h 21 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline Can these One-Hit Wonders Reunite to Become the Comeback Kings?
Website https://mt2.org/uyeler/the-suburbans.15213/
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