Totally F... ed Up

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Totally F... ed Up

Released Sep 16, 1993

1h 18m

Drama

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Gay, alienated Los Angeles teens talk about sex and complain about their lives to one another.

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Kevin Thomas

Los Angeles Times

Although more serious than he has ever been, Araki speaks his mind without being preachy and, what’s more, uses color and direct sound without losing the grit of his earliest pictures.

Mar 18, 2024

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Fernando F. Croce

Slant Magazine

Life is f***ed up, Araki is saying, but it is worth living.

Rated: 3.5/4

Jun 29, 2005

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Steve Davis

Austin Chronicle

Although the teenaged ennui in the film sometimes comes off as hip nihilism, there's no question that the pain and turmoil depicted is anything but heartfelt.

Rated: 4.5/5

Jan 1, 2000

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Scott Nye

Battleship Pretension

It’s a stark film about loneliness, isolation, and desperation for connection.

Nov 21, 2024

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D.M. Palmer

Vague Visages

Araki positions his movie as a twisted take on the “message film” of the 1950s...

Nov 9, 2023

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Mark Lukenbill

Screen Slate

Honest in its immediacy.

Jan 14, 2020

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Sergio A

Another cinematic exercise by Gregg Araki that, while offering some good ideas and even flashes of absurdity (like the characters walking around randomly in chains), still manages to bring serious themes to the surface. Much like The Living End, it feels more like an experiment than a fully realized film. It has its moments, but its intentions remain somewhat unformed.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

06/09/25

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Mason M

An interesting look on the youth of America and the ongoing dread they face. With surprisingly beautiful visuals and heartbreaking execution, Totally F***ed Up is a very good and well done film for a concept that could've easily been a failure.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

11/25/24

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Olive

absolutely in love with gregg araki's cinematography and the visual aesthetic of his movies and characters, and i love the soundtracks of his movies as well, it's like the songs all came from my playlists.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/20/24

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Thee S

Very angsty, but fitting.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

06/28/23

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Audience Member

I don't always need a movie to have a narrative to enjoy it but, despite this one's short runtime, this movie just felt like it went on forever and ever. It plays like a bunch of home video interviews someone shoots of themselves and their friends because they they think they're about a thousand times more interesting than they really are. Maybe the perspectives of these characters seemed somewhat novel in the early ‘90s but in 2020 they came across as immature adolescent cliches.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Audience Member

Emotive, angsty, dreamy, nostalgic, and moving - Araki's film is a haunting snapshot of a place in time, of the pain and anxiety of the queer reality in a harsh, intolerant world.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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Synopsis

Gay, alienated Los Angeles teens talk about sex and complain about their lives to one another.

Director: Gregg Araki
Producer: Gregg Araki, Andrea Sperling
Screenwriter: Gregg Araki
Distributor: Strand Releasing
Production Co: Blurco, Muscle + Hate Studios, Desperate Pictures
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 16, 1993, Original
Release Date (DVD): Jun 28, 2005
Box Office (Gross USA): $13.9K
Runtime: 1h 18m
Sound Mix: Dolby

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