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Outside Providence
Generally favorable reviews
Based on 32 critic reviews
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Based on 2 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Comedy
Written by:
Peter Farrelly (also novel)
Michael Corrente
Bobby Farrelly
Directed by: Michael Corrente
Release Date:
Theatrical: September 1, 1999
DVD: March 14, 2000
Running Time: 96 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: R for pervasive teen drug use and strong language including sexual references
Starring Alec Baldwin, Timothy Dunphy, Jane Weston, and John Abrahams
Timothy Dunphy, (aka. "Dunph," "Dildo") has a broken home, a three-legged dog and a full-blown attraction to trouble. After crashing into a parked police car, his father (Baldwin) packs him off to prep school -- where he's out of place, outclassed and seriously outnumbered. Now he's about to show everyone that even he can get a piece of class. (Miramax)
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Salon.com Stephanie Zacharek
Wonderful...It's funny and offbeat, sometimes raucous, but it still manages to come at you in gentle layers.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
Corrente's gift for evoking the lives of blue-collar men that made his debut film, "Federal Hill," so appealing blends perfectly with the antic sensibility of the Farrellys.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Janet Maslin
Eminently likable...a splendid performance from Alec Baldwin in a far cry from his usual roles.
Read Full Review >Film.com Ernest Hardy
Entertaining as it often is, Outside Providence feels as if it were a collection of installments from an unusually raunchy television series.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Jay Carr
It's much closer to a European film in sensibility than to one of Hollywood's factory products.
Read Full Review >Newsweek David Ansen
Gets a lot of the details right. Outside Providence is a sweet, funny little movie.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Paul Malcolm
Baldwin's perfectly impacted performance as a tough-love provider (the actor gets some of the best lines in the movie).
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten
Beguiling performances and a story that veers between social observations, period detail, and genuine humor make this movie an end-of-the-summer stand-out.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Jami Bernard
It stands apart when it comes to its extravagant humor and non-judgmental '70s-era reality (smoking dope, hitching rides, playing Frisbee, hanging out).
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Peter Stack
Everything comes up forced and predictable in the nostalgic overload of bongs, Top 40 rock and boys' bluster about sex.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Marc Caro
Like Richard Linklater's "Dazed and Confused," Outside Providence reminisces vividly, recalling the era fondly but not with too much sugar.
Read Full Review >Baltimore Sun Ann Hornaday
Possesses memorable portrayals of thoroughly original characters and draws a beguilingly bleak portrait of its Rhode Island settings.
Read Full Review >Rolling Stone Peter Travers
Baldwin is a marvel in a casting surprise that pays off.
TV Guide Steve Simels
Meanwhile Baldwin (bulked up a la DeNiro and playing totally against type), is a revelation, funny and touching.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Amy Taubin
Cross "Rushmore" with "Cheech and Chong" and you might get Outside Providence.
Read Full Review >New York Post Jonathan Foreman
Peter Farrelly is angry at Miramax for marketing his and his brother Bobby's new film as a follow-up to their surprise smash hit, "There's Something About Mary."
Read Full Review >Film.com John Hartl
Entertaining as it often is, Outside Providence feels as if it were a collection of installments from an unusually raunchy television series.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer Paula Nechak
Outside of a smart performance by Shawn Hatosy as Tim Dunphy, there just isn't much that's enlightening or new in this intimate recollection.
Read Full Review >Portland Oregonian Shawn Levy
The standout is Baldwin, utterly convincing as a gruff cuss whose life has been forever stained by the death of his wife.
Read Full Review >Miami Herald Rene Rodriguez
Aggressively bland coming-of-age story.
Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
The story is lively and energetic, if you can take its raunchy jokes and rowdy behavior.
Read Full Review >USA Today Susan Wloszczyna
Reeks of the kind of atmosphere that makes you reach for the Lysol.
Read Full Review >TNT RoughCut Graham Verdon
Little more than an amusing, predictable story we've seen done better a dozen times.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
This unexceptional 1970s coming-of-age story is neither outrageous, new, nor comedic.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Examiner Edvins Bietkis
Just another in a long line of blue-collar-kid-at-prep-school movies, and it may be the worst of the lot. Nothing, absolutely nothing, is original in this movie.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
So unsuccessful in so many different ways that maybe the whole project was doomed.
Read Full Review >Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard
Plays like mediocre outtakes from better bell-bottomed fare (Richard Linklater's authentic, seriocomic "Dazed and Confused"; Fox's "That '70s Show") without making any kind of impression of its own.
Read Full Review >Variety Dennis Harvey
A disappointingly rote entry in the '70s teen nostalgia sweepstakes.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Dale C. gave it a 7:
Alec Baldwin surprised the hell out of me with this one. This is a teen movie with a heart. Certainly one to check out.
Dave D. gave it a 9:
Funny as hell. A few scenes I had to rewind cause I couldn't stop laughing. Amy Smart is a beauty leaving you wanting to be Dumph. Reccomended.
