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      Suburbia

      R Released Oct 11, 1996 1h 58m Comedy List
      68% 25 Reviews Tomatometer 68% 5,000+ Ratings Audience Score Five teen friends (Giovanni Ribisi, Amie Carey, Steve Zahn, Nicky Katt, Dina Spybey) spend their time hanging out behind a convenience store in a sleepy Texas town. Through pointless discussions, the group descends into a self-perpetuating cycle of malaise. Their routine, however, brakes when Pony (Jayce Bartok) returns to town after finding success as a rock star, forcing the group to question their desire to stay in the suburbs doing nothing with their lives. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Nov 21 Buy Now

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      Suburbia succeeds in its blistering, ensemble-driven exploration of middle America, though it never quite reconciles the disparate stylings of director Richard Linklater and writer Eric Bogosian.

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      Judson P Los Angeles is my hometown, and this is such an incredibly real depiction of life for the lower classes and the rejects. The acting is actually spot on. The situations are actually spot on. It leaves you feeling angry and empty and that's also very spot on. It reminds me of my youth, it reminds me of my social circles, it reminds me why I am who and am I why I turned out how I did. It's also a pretty damn good depiction of the different neighborhoods of greater LA. I kept looking for landmarks the whole time. The broken chain link fence at the beginning hasn't been fixed in 40 years ha. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/28/23 Full Review david l Exploring alienation, frustrations with society and the slacker way of life, SubUrbia goes in tandem with ‘Dazed and Confused' and especially ‘Slacker' in terms of themes and filmmaking approach, but it's actually a much better movie than either of those overrated flicks. It's uneven and less concerned with technical aspects, but the dialogue is excellent, there are some important sentiments to be found here, and the main character played so well by Giovanni Ribisi is very relatable and stupendously written. It's a film that is maybe strangely condemning to its characters, but that made it deeper and more important. It's an immensely underrated Linklater effort that needs more attention than it received. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member It's a classic in my opinion Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member There are moments in the Bogosian script that seem at home in a Linklater film, but mostly their approaches are at odds with each other. It's far too bleak and pessimistic for Linklater. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review camille l Ce qui démarre comme l'habituel film de Richard Linklater se transforme très vite en une comédie noire, qui ne recule devant peu de choses pour traiter d'une jeunesse de banlieue perdue et en colère. SurUrbia est le genre de film qui monte crescendo et qui ne fait sens que dans ses dernières minutes, cruellement hilarantes et salvatrices. Les acteurs sont formidables (Amie Carey & Nicky Katt sont particulièrement bons) et chacun rend parfaitement hommage au texte d'Eric Bogosian, qui ne manque pas de bons mots et de phrases cinglantes. En n'incriminant personne en particulier mais juste en observant le système en place, Linklater laisse le spectateur trouver ses propres réponses. C'est ce qui rend SubUrbia aussi réussi dans sa filmographie pléthorique. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Uneven, too long, and above all frustrating to watch. While it is well-directed, smartly written, and solidly acted, I never found myself engaged in the story of "SubUrbia". Linklater has explored themes of young adults' discontent with their lives in films like "Slacker" and "Dazed and Confused" and he is very good at it, but one of the things why those themes work in these films is because of the characters. Watching "Slacker" and "Dazed", you can tell that he cares about the people he is depicting and that he likes these people. The characters in this film, however, are just so annoying and I have no affection for these people. Although some of the dialogue is very interesting and the performances are very natural, I find it difficult to connect with any of them. This might just be my least favorite Linklater film. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly Rated: B Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle Rated: 3/5 Oct 8, 2006 Full Review Globe and Mail Rated: 2.5/4 Apr 12, 2002 Full Review Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault The tension underneath the movie is the friction between Bogosian’s tense urban sensibility and Linklater’s relaxed, generous style. Rated: B Sep 1, 2022 Full Review Stephen Silver Tilt Magazine Suburbia is dark as hell- much darker, in fact, that I remembered it being, having not watched it since it was new (25th anniversary.) Rated: B+ Feb 11, 2022 Full Review Michael Atkinson Spin Effortlessly funny, Linklater's film is also devastating and spooky in its dead-on rendering of middle-class, Middle America nothingness. Oct 25, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis Five teen friends (Giovanni Ribisi, Amie Carey, Steve Zahn, Nicky Katt, Dina Spybey) spend their time hanging out behind a convenience store in a sleepy Texas town. Through pointless discussions, the group descends into a self-perpetuating cycle of malaise. Their routine, however, brakes when Pony (Jayce Bartok) returns to town after finding success as a rock star, forcing the group to question their desire to stay in the suburbs doing nothing with their lives.
      Director
      Richard Linklater
      Producer
      John Sloss
      Screenwriter
      Eric Bogosian
      Distributor
      Warner Bros., Sony Pictures Classics
      Production Co
      Castle Rock Entertainment, Detour Filmproduction
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Oct 11, 1996, Original
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jan 1, 2009
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $656.2K
      Runtime
      1h 58m
      Sound Mix
      Dolby, Surround
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