Rude Awakening

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Rude Awakening

R

1989

1h 40m

Comedy

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After 20 years in a jungle commune, two hippies (Cheech Marin, Eric Roberts) return to New York and find their friends are now yuppies.

Dave Kehr

Chicago Tribune

07/11/2014

3/4

It's far from being a professional job, but Rude Awakening probably wouldn't be as much fun if it were.

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Jay Boyar

Orlando Sentinel

07/11/2014

3/5

The movie is very uneven, but it does manage to do a couple of crucial things that those tributes haven't. It shows us the zany heart of '60s counterculture, and it reminds us that the zaniness was a form of political expression.

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Rob Beattie

Empire Magazine

07/11/2014

2/5

With ideals higher than it's leading men, this film can only fall short, failing to back up its flimsy philosophising.

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Gary Thompson

Philadelphia Daily News

07/11/2014

1.5/4

Rude Awakening is a shallow yuppie vs. hippie satire blended with one of those old Cheech and Chong reefer flicks.

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Roger Hurlburt

South Florida Sun-Sentinel

07/11/2014

1.5/4

Released smack-dab in the middle of so-called Woodstock Week, the comedy Rude Awakening is an often well-intentioned, yet mostly misguided comedic flashback into the drug culture of the 1960s.

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07/11/2022

First time rewatch since I saw it in theaters over 30 years ago. It holds up. Cheech and Eric Roberts are great in this.

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08/15/2015

This movie is great for us "old hippies." Saw it on DVD today and can't fin it on any of the digital sites. Please give us access to this movie!

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02/16/2015

Old hippies come out of their commune to modern day NYC and discover their old friends are now yuppies. This black comedy is well written and surprisingly good.

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11/20/2014

***Due to the recent RT changes that have basically ruined my past reviews, I am mostly only giving a rating rather than a full review.***

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10/05/2012

I LOVED this movie. It was fabulous... for all of us YUPPIES... It was sooooooo funny... even my 13 year old loved it... and now wishes she was born in the 60's or 70's... :)

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07/28/2010

A silly farce with a lack of good jokes. Would have worked better is Tommy Chong had partnered Cheech Marin.

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Synopsis

After 20 years in a jungle commune, two hippies (Cheech Marin, Eric Roberts) return to New York and find their friends are now yuppies.

Director: Aaron Russo, David Greenwalt
Producer: Aaron Russo
Screenwriter: Neil Levy, Richard LaGravenese
Production Co: Aaron Russo Productions
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Box Office (Gross USA): $2.4M
Runtime: 1h 40m
Sound Mix: Surround