Critic Reviews
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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.
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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.
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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.
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James Rocchi, Netflix
Gritty Los Angeles punk-rock chronicle is ugly, raw and realistic.
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Bill Coyneas Evan -
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Timothy Eric O'Brienas Tom
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