Suburbia

Suburbia (1983)

  • 83% of critics liked it
    (6 reviews)

  • 78% of users liked it
    (4,953 ratings)

Following up her critically acclaimed documentary The Decline of Western Civilization, Penelope Spheeris made this gritty drama her first feature-film outing. Bill Coyne stars as Evan Johnson, an angst-ridden kid living in L.A., who bands together with a group of other young societal rejects and… More

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Drama
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Dec 31, 1983 Wide
New Concorde Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    Its sincere sympathy for the runaway kids is what elevates this standard rebellious teen flick above many others in this genre.

  • Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

    This drama (aka The Wild Side), the first of Spheeris' two youth movies of the 1980s, concerns angry boys whose rebelliousness in reflected in cutting their hair instead of growing it long; the mood is right, the text is not.

  • Scott Weinberg, DVDTalk.com

    "I was a good filmmaker ... before I sold out," says Penelope Spheeris on her audio commentary, and it's tough not to appreciate the gal's candor.

  • James Rocchi, Netflix

    Gritty Los Angeles punk-rock chronicle is ugly, raw and realistic.

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  • AJ V


    A beautiful, mostly realistic, very gritty and dark, drama of outcast teenage life in Southern California in the 80s. It all feels very real, but it's not a boring drama at all. The characters and simple story are presented perfectly. The movie makes you cry sometimes, laugh… More

  • Coxxie M


    This is my three sentence review of Suburbia. Flea is the most skilled actor in Suburbia. Thanks for reading my three sentence review of Suburbia.

  • Michael G


    Awesome, awesome movie. I love the part where they throw the glass bottle at the bus and say, "I hate buses." I don't know why, but I love it.

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