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Critical Consensus

Dueling Critics
starstarstar John Hartl - Seattle Times
starstarstar Margaret McGurk - Cincinnati Enquirer
starstarstar James Berardinelli - ReelViews
starstarstar Gemma Files - Film.com
starstar Susan Wloszczyna - USA Today
starstar Jeff Vice - Deseret News
starstar Desson Howe - Washington Post
starstar Bruce Westbrook - Houston Chronicle
starstar Jay Carr - Boston Globe
starstar Janet Maslin - NY Times
star Susan Stark - Detroit News
star Owen Gleiberman - EW
star Mark Caro - Chicago Tribune
star Mark Burger - Winston-Salem Journal
star Kenneth Turan - LA Times

“[An] energetic and exceptionally well-cast teen comedy”

- John Hartl

“It’s hard to pinpoint its worst aspect: its trite dialogue, its opportunities for thuddingly dull physical humor, its penchant for brainless coincidences or its occasional embarrassing attempts at serious speeches”

- Kenneth Turan

Detroit Rock City
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A night in the life of four teenage KISS fans willing to do anything to get tickets to the band's 1978 Detroit concert. Edward Furlong, Natasha Lyonne, Sam Huntington, James DeBello, Giuseppe Andrews, Melanie Lynskey, Lin Shaye, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley, Shannon Tweed. Director: Adam Rifkin (1999, R)
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