Kids in America: Critic Reviews

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MovieWeb: 0 reviews

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RottenTomatoes: 37 reviews

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Stephen Holden New York Times (Top Critic)

40

Josh Stolberg's mild-mannered satire imagines that teenage rebellion in the Bush era has gone soft.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Jennifer Frey Washington Post (Top Critic)

Short on real teenage angst and emotion, the film is long on caricatures.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Drew Tillman Village Voice (Top Critic)

Proceeds to rip off every teen flick from Heathers to Napoleon Dynamite.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Elizabeth Weitzman New York Daily News (Top Critic)

50

You get the exhausting feeling that Stolberg is desperately trying to prove how cool he is.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Houston Chronicle (Top Critic)

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Philip Wuntch Dallas Morning News (Top Critic)

42

The movie delivers little more than fast reflex laughs.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

75

You know all those 'brainless high school comedies'? Here's what one would look like if it had brains.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Randy Cordova Arizona Republic (Top Critic)

60

Better than it has any right to be.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Justin Chang Variety (Top Critic)

Would be easier to root for if it weren't so very pleased with itself.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Lou Lumenick New York Post (Top Critic)

38

Filmmaker Josh Stolberg claims to have been inspired by real-life events, but mostly he ineptly rips off other movies and wastes a cast that includes Rosanna Arquette, Adam Arkin and Elizabeth Perkins.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Roger Moore Orlando Sentinel (Top Critic)

20

A feeble call to arms, and inept entertainment to boot.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Sean Means Film.com (Top Critic)

50

This indie teen movie is like a cafeteria lunch tray: lots of little compartments, with nothing particularly appetizing in any of them.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Sheri Linden Hollywood Reporter (Top Critic)

Well-meaning but woefully unconvincing.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Kevin Crust Los Angeles Times (Top Critic)

30

A comedy so inane and tedious that it buries its premise and its various worthy points under too many arch and improbable shenanigans and endless dialogue, much of it seriously under-inspired.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Clint Morris Moviehole

boy, does it kick goals! There's some real fun to be had here
Full Review » 6 years ago
Scott Weinberg DVDTalk.com

50

The cast keeps it watchable, but it's not a flick you'll remember for more than 45 minutes.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Steven Snyder Zertinet Movies

88

Full Review » 6 years ago
Linda Cook KWQC-TV (Iowa)

0

Even after 18 years of seeing every movie that plays here, I'm still surprised by some films. I even gave this one conflicting ratings.
Full Review » 7 years ago
E! Online

17

Why did anyone bother making a teen movie after Heathers? No, really, why?
Full Review » 7 years ago
Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

70

For sheer nerve, I give it full marks, even if it can't quite overcome its limitations in other areas.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Rob Thomas Capital Times (Madison, WI)

63

(They) let their political agenda blunt the laughs, or, conversely, let their comedic inclinations dilute the film's social message.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Richard Roeper Ebert & Roeper

What a wasted opportunity.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Brian Orndorf eFilmCritic.com

34

Leaving the expression of 17 year-olds to the care of 35 year-old men is a good pathway to mediocrity, and a sure promise of insufferable, bogus screenwriting.
Full Review » 7 years ago
James Sanford Kalamazoo Gazette

occasionally approaches a provocative topic... only to scurry back into the safety zone of slapstick and put-downs.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Phil Villarreal Arizona Daily Star

50

The screenplay tries to shake too many trees and ends up preaching - stabbing at straw men rather than taking the time to investigate problems with the education system.
Full Review » 7 years ago