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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco ChronicleThis is a small -- if rough -- gem of a film.
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoKev Robertson's gritty camerawork and a musical soundtrack mixing hip-hop, punk and electronica add to the ambience of this impressive shoestring-budget indie.
- 70L.A. WeeklyPaul MalcolmL.A. WeeklyPaul MalcolmIt's Garrison and Burnam who hold the film's center, however, with a natural magnetism. Newcomers both, they take the same clean approach to their roles that their characters bring to their tags.
- 63TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghWhile 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.
- 60VarietyEddie CockrellVarietyEddie CockrellPicture's cliched underlying story of restless youth plays as too naive for an older audience and too provocative for teens.
- 60Village VoiceJoshua LandVillage VoiceJoshua LandEstablishes a strong sense of milieu in these street scenes, and while the movie's not without its flaws--much of the dialogue is colorless and Lisa seems a bit too together to be hanging out with Curtis--it's never less than credible.
- 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?
- The ending, which unnecessarily veers toward lumpy, overwrought melodrama, undoes the scrappy elegance the film previously displays in fits and starts.
- 30Film ThreatPhil HallFilm ThreatPhil HallWith 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.