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Critical Consensus

Dueling Critics
starstarstarstar Kevin Thomas - LA Times
starstarstarstar Jay Carr - Boston Globe
starstarstarstar Janet Maslin - NY Times
starstarstarstar Gemma Files - Film.com
starstarstar Steve Simels - TV Guide
starstarstar Mark Caro - Chicago Tribune
starstarstar James Berardinelli - ReelViews
starstarstar Jonathan Foreman - NY Post
starstarstar John Hartl - Seattle Times
starstarstar Jeff Vice - Deseret News
starstar Stephen Hunter - Washington Post
starstar Rob Blackwelder - SPLICED Online
starstar Dennis Harvey- Variety
starstar Jeff Millar - Houston Chronicle
starstar Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times

“The film, with a Rushmore-like mix of sharply funny observations and been-there-done-that knowingness, offers an irresistible sketchbook filled with prep school memories”

- Janet Maslin

“Alas, it is badly written and severely miscast”

- Roger Ebert

Outside Providence
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A boy from working-class Pawtucket, R.I. is sent to a preppy boarding school, in this Farrelly Brothers' drama/comedy taking place in 1974. Alec Baldwin, Shawn Hatosy, Amy Smart, Jon Abrahams, Jonathan Brandis, Gabriel Mann, Seth William Meier, Kyle Pepi, Ryan Pepi, Scott Rabideau. Director: Michael Corrente (1999, R)
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