Pump up the Volume (1990)

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• Cameron S

  
  Slater does it again, this catapults straight into my top 10 alongside 'Heathers' another Slater movie that I watche and while back and have been repeatedly watching since. This movie really speaks to me and I think what it has to say about youth still stands today:… More
  Slater does it again, this catapults straight into my top 10 alongside 'Heathers' another Slater movie that I watche and while back and have been repeatedly watching since. This movie really speaks to me and I think what it has to say about youth still stands today: We're not ourselves, we live by other peoles standards, can't we just be free?

• AJ V

  
  Slater is so hot in this movie! This rebellious teen drama is full of both angst and celebration of being a teenager at the turn of the decade. I really loved it when I was a teen, and I highly recommend it.

• Tim S

  
  Christian Slater's Masterpiece! Just kidding. :)

• Curtis L

  
  As much as I love Slayter, I must equally hate 80's kids and radio.

• Anthony L

  
  In 1990 this was the coolest film ever made.

• Khris N

  
  This was an excellent movie!!!!! The ultimate teenage rebellion, angst and outspoken movie ever. Forget American Pie and all those other poser teen movies, this is the definitive rebel yell from one of the most rebellious Hollywood stars. You have to love the soundtrack to the… More
  This was an excellent movie!!!!! The ultimate teenage rebellion, angst and outspoken movie ever. Forget American Pie and all those other poser teen movies, this is the definitive rebel yell from one of the most rebellious Hollywood stars. You have to love the soundtrack to the movie, it rocks hardcore. And so does the local pirate DJ, who happens to be a discreet, shy teen suffering in the prison which his life has become, and opens his mind and attitude to others in a literal "call to arms" to take back their lives, their identity, against a totalitarian school bent on eradicating their very souls. Its a hard hitting, yet funny look at the repressed teens of our society and the unity of kids against their school, parents and government for limiting them, turning them into the opposites of what they really feel, what they really want. Cause in the end, as the message goes, to be a teenager, to have a life, to have your own mind, to have an open minded education, to have the ability to think for yourself.... its a God given right to be YOU. ENJOY!

• Candy R

  
  Christian runs a pirate radio station and causes chaos. Cool teen flick.

• Jason S

  
  This is a good one. A movie about teens who have had enough and when no one will listen they will do it themselves. Great acting all around and a nice way to do a movie that features a guy talking to himself on the radio.

• Red L

  
  Tough being a teen. Don't you wish you could release your frustrations on your own pirate radio station?

• Lafe F

  
  Christian Slater's time as a pirate DJ is short-lived excitement, which quickly goes downhill when the authorities start looking for him. He seems too old in the role to be a high school student.

• Tom E

  
  another GREAT Christian Slater Bad Boy movie --

• Steve B

  
  This is the movie that turned me on to Lenny Bruce, which opened me up to Bill Hicks, which in turn completely changed my outlook on life.

• Steve K

  
  Smarter than it looks, has some valid things to say.

• Dean M

  
  Awesome teen comedy of the mystery young disc jockey.

• Doctor S

  
  Christian Slater then: raspy-voiced star of rebellious teen movies that were adored by adolescents and greeted indifferently by critics. Christian Slater now: raspy-voiced star of direct-to-video thrillers that have a shorter shelf life than the TV series he makes. On the plus side,… More
  Christian Slater then: raspy-voiced star of rebellious teen movies that were adored by adolescents and greeted indifferently by critics. Christian Slater now: raspy-voiced star of direct-to-video thrillers that have a shorter shelf life than the TV series he makes. On the plus side, teens and critics now agree with a shared indifference.

• RJ M

  
  A carreer defining performance by Christian Slater elevates what could have been just another teen angst movie into an amazing piece of entertainment. Firmly set in 1990, before the internet gave everyone anonimity, Slater's pirate radio disc jockey gives a voice to the teens of… More
  A carreer defining performance by Christian Slater elevates what could have been just another teen angst movie into an amazing piece of entertainment. Firmly set in 1990, before the internet gave everyone anonimity, Slater's pirate radio disc jockey gives a voice to the teens of his small, and obviously deeply troubled community. The technology may be dated, but the movies message is as relevant today as it was then. Being a teenager can be the most troubling time in a persons life, and without a way to vent, to express, it can lead to dangerous results. Of course the adults in town see him as a danger, whereas the kids see him as their voice, their rallying point against a system that is stacked against them. The teen chracters and their dilemmas come across very real, and can be identifiable even to kids today. Of course the film lives and dies on the performance of Slater, who actually gives a sort of dual performance as the the rebellious radio man, and the quiet, meek student he also is. It's a powerful movie whose message can speak to any and all put upon young teens.

• Lee K

  
  I loved everything about this flick, the actors, the soundtrack, pretty much the whole vibe of the film, one of my all time faves

• Sean S

  
  A way for kids to look back and go, "HuH! My parents were all angsty and rebellious too." Eventually a call to be taken up by the grandkids.

• Timothy O

  
  I actually liked this film. It was Christian all the way, and he was great in it.

• Miriam K

  
  Not my usual fare but, I liked this film.

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