SLC Punk!

Name: SLC Punk!
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: April 16, 1999
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 50
Cast: Matthew Lillard, Michael A. Goorjian

1999

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Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: April 16, 1999 | R

Starring: Matthew Lillard, Michael A. Goorjian

Summary: To grow up in America is to, at one point or another, rebel against the world around you. If you're Stevo (Lillard) and you live in Reagan-era Salt Lake City, then, well...you just have to rebel a little bit harder. To this recent grad, the world is his enemy, anarchy his religion, and the Ramones, The Specials and the Dead Kennedys hisTo grow up in America is to, at one point or another, rebel against the world around you. If you're Stevo (Lillard) and you live in Reagan-era Salt Lake City, then, well...you just have to rebel a little bit harder. To this recent grad, the world is his enemy, anarchy his religion, and the Ramones, The Specials and the Dead Kennedys his muses. As he takes us on a guided tour of his life, we meet all sorts of punks, poseurs, mods, freaks and a few others best described as indescribable. Stevo's ex-hippie father sees his lifestyle as a rite of passage and urges him to attend Harvard Law School like himself. Not to sell out to the system, but to buy in. For Stevo, underneath the mohawk haircuts, earrings and leather, the idea, painfully, has some merit. The question becomes; how do you stay hard-core and still hope for a life beyond? [Sony Pictures Clasics]… Expand

Director: James Merendino

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 97 min

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Lisa Alspector

A hearty style of self-referential filmmaking that only adds to the persuasiveness of Lillard’s stunning performance. Read full review

Jami Bernard

A surprisingly genial and affecting comedy about the trials and tribulations of teenage rebellion during the Reagan '80s.

Hazel-Dawn Dumpert

Ultimately a wiser and truer film than its crass and cartoony beginnings would have us believe. Read full review

Peter Stack

So forced and contrived in delivery that it's tedious. That's not good when the intention is to be audacious. Read full review

Mary Elizabeth Williams

The movie starts out as a sweet piece of hardcore pie, full of energy and "Repo Man"-esque satire, but ultimately deteriorates into a Percodan-flavored "Afterschool Special." Read full review

Dennis Harvey

Energetic but poorly structured. Read full review

New Times (L.A.) Michael Sragow

What it offers at its shockingly sappy core is a familiar view of adolescent rebellion as a goofy but inevitable phase. Read full review

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LeviC.

Sep 19, 2005

This is one of the greatest movies of all time. It blends comedy with drama.

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HaileyH.

Aug 5, 2006

I love SLC punk its an amazing movie. i live in salt lake city and it was kinda cool to see a movie about living in it. for those of you who dont like this movie i pitty you.

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Stargirl04

May 15, 2016

Loved this movie. My gf showed it to me, it was one of her favorite movies in her teens. I thought it was great and one I will remember. awesome! Even after much time has passed since I watched it and we are always quoting lines from this film. Classic!!

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MattA.

Dec 1, 2005

I can't even imagine the type of people that are giving this film high ratings. Some critics have said that the redeeming factor of the movie is Lillard's perfomance. I couldn't disagree more. Lillard is just as annoying and over the top here as he is any of the movies in his I can't even imagine the type of people that are giving this film high ratings. Some critics have said that the redeeming factor of the movie is Lillard's perfomance. I couldn't disagree more. Lillard is just as annoying and over the top here as he is any of the movies in his pathetic catalogue. An altogether awful film, in the same territory as any Nora Ephron effort. Avoid unless you are a seriously depressed person who dyes your hair blue and worships punk music.… Expand

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