Directed by James Merendino Cast: Matthew Lillard Micheal A. Goorjian Adam Pascal Annabeth Gish James Duval
To grow up in America is to, at one point or another, rebel against the world around you. If you're Stevo and you live in Reagan-era Salt Lake City, then, well...you just have to rebel a little bit harder. To this recent grad, the world is his enemy, anarchy his religion, and the Ramones, The Specials and the Dead Kennedys his muses. As he takes us on a guided tour of his life, we meet all sorts of punks, poseurs, mods, freaks and a few others best described as indescribable.
Stevo's ex-hippie father sees his lifestyle as a rite of passage and urges him to attend Harvard Law School like himself. Not to sell out to the system, but to buy in. For Stevo, underneath the mohawk haircuts, earrings and leather, the idea, painfully, has some merit. The question becomes; how do you stay hard-core and still hope for a life beyond?
This movie really surprised me. I was expecting it to be some movie about a bunch of teens complaining all the time and what not, but it was really good, and funny too. I must admit the only reason why I saw it in the first place was because Adam Pascal was is in, but I ended up really liking the movie. I give it a 6/10. I won't guarantie that you'll like you, because it depends on your taste in movies, but I will say check it out, it's pretty good, but that's just my view. The RentHead
