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- Merging anarchic spirit with straightforward melodrama, SLC Punk is a hit-and-miss odyssey of youthful rebellion elevated by Matthew Lillard's dramatically potent star turn.
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May 14, 1999 · James Merendino’s “SLC Punk!” knows that, and the essential sweetness of its hero is what makes the movie more than just an attempt to shock. It’s a memory of Salt Lake City in 1985, the high Reagan era, when Stevo and Heroin Bob are, as far as they know, the only two punks in town.
Maybe it’s not completely representative of the entire punk scene and who the fuck cares, it’s a movie. But I will say this, it’s at least an acknowledgment of the great punk scene that existed in the 80s and 90s in Salt Lake.
SLC Is the Hollywood take on it. Good movie But I the 1980 punk movie Suburbia. It’s low budget but real punks And young RHCP flea Putting a huge rat in his mouth. And it was directed by the same lady who did the decline and fall of western civilization.
It's definitely a good movie that holds up. The stereotypes it portrayed are still accurate in the punk and hardcore scenes. The film did a fantastic job of showing the transitions and realizations of a highschool "punk."
Jan 23, 2023 · A retrospective review of the cult classic from 1998. Describing the film SLC Punk! is tricky. Saying it’s about alienated youth bristling against the status quo makes it sound like a million other indie movies. Calling it a punk rock coming-of-age story is equally hazardous.
- Jay Rohr
Merging anarchic spirit with straightforward melodrama, SLC Punk is a hit-and-miss odyssey of youthful rebellion elevated by Matthew Lillard's dramatically potent star turn. Read Critics...
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SLC Punk!: Directed by James Merendino. With Matthew Lillard, Michael A. Goorjian, Annabeth Gish, Jennifer Lien. In the early 1980s Stevo, and Heroin Bob are the only two dedicated punks in conservative Salt Lake City.
