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  • 2006
  • R
  • Argot Pictures
  • 1 h 25 m
  • 2006
  • R
  • Argot Pictures
  • 1 h 25 m

Summary Two young men develop graffiti into an urban art form on the streets of San Francisco’s Mission District, only to face prosecution and the prospect of imprisonment. A former at-risk kid himself, director Benjamin Morgan's connection to the underground youth of today provides the film with its gritty realism and "drama verite" style. (Qu...

Directed By: Benjamin Morgan

Written By: Brian Burnam, Brant Smith, Benjamin Morgan

  • 2006
  • R
  • Argot Pictures
  • 1 h 25 m
  • 2006
  • R
  • Argot Pictures
  • 1 h 25 m

Quality of Life

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Summary Two young men develop graffiti into an urban art form on the streets of San Francisco’s Mission District, only to face prosecution and the prospect of imprisonment. A former at-risk kid himself, director Benjamin Morgan's connection to the underground youth of today provides the film with its gritty realism and "drama verite" style. (Qu...

Directed By: Benjamin Morgan

Written By: Brian Burnam, Brant Smith, Benjamin Morgan

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
60
44% Positive
4 Reviews
44% Mixed
4 Reviews
11% Negative
1 Review

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
60
44% Positive
4 Reviews
44% Mixed
4 Reviews
11% Negative
1 Review

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75
Kev Robertson's gritty camerawork and a musical soundtrack mixing hip-hop, punk and electronica add to the ambience of this impressive shoestring-budget indie.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW
75
This is a small -- if rough -- gem of a film.
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63
While Burnam and Garrison imbue their characters with authentic-feeling frustration and anger, they never succeed in making them especially interesting; it's hard to care in any serious way what becomes of either.
By Maitland McDonagh FULL REVIEW
60
The ending, which unnecessarily veers toward lumpy, overwrought melodrama, undoes the scrappy elegance the film previously displays in fits and starts.
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60
A minor movie, modestly made, that develops to a counterculture beat but ends with a status quo conundrum: Is selling out the new keeping it real?
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60
Picture's cliched underlying story of restless youth plays as too naive for an older audience and too provocative for teens.
By Eddie Cockrell FULL REVIEW
30
With a clumsy hip-hop score permeating every free inch of the soundtrack and ugly 16mm cinematography that would never be allowed out of Film School 101, the audio-visual experience is a wreck. The quality of Quality of Life is non-existent.
By Phil Hall FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Quality of Life Film LLC
Release Date Apr 6, 2006
Duration 1 h 25 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline Where do you draw the line?
Website http://www.qualityoflife-themovie.com/
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Awards

Berlin International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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