Quintessential 90s nostalgia, brilliant use of "Can I Kick It?" and an overall nice coming-of-age film set to an A+ soundtrack.

"It's Josh Peck, though, whose performance (as the "most popular of the unpopular") holds the film together amidst all its audio-video mannerisms and increasingly sappy developments." - Nick Schager

I think Josh Peck was a major miscast but otherwise not a bad movie.

Ben Kingsley is good. That's it. Other than that, Josh Peck needs to close his mouth. EDIT (after reading other reviews): The soundtrack is not that great guys, c'mon. You can hear all this sh1t on the radio. Except for the Wu. The Wu's the Wu.

Tedious coming-of-age drama with an awkward, trying-too-hard script and a washed-out colour palette that made it look like someone smeared Vaseline over my TV screen. Ben Kingsley was nominated for a Razzie for his performance in this, and probably should have won just for the accent alone. Speaking of accents - Method Man as a Jamaican? Duuude, that shit is wack, yo...

reviews, story, Olivia T, (Famke J, B Kingsley)

nicely done with a great sound

Wack.

Acting; not that good. Story; pretty bland. Cool music though. Great quote: "Actually I'm thinking about becoming a shrink." Psychology? It's not quite the shoe business, but it's a very interesting field. "I figure I'm an expert because everyone around me is so fucking crazy, you know?"

So aptly titled.

Soundtrack makes up for a lot.

Wack.

Likeable coming of age tale with a leftfield performance from Kingsley and a nice sense of time and place, helped by the great soundtrack.

good soundtrack...lame movie. It's hard to take actors like Josh Peck and Mary-Kate Olsen seriously, and what's up with Ben Kinglsey doing so many shit roles lately?

Decent movie with a fantastic soundtrack and a nice nostalgic feel. Josh Peck was surprisingly good.

This movie plays like a love letter to late 90's hip hop. It was funny enough just listening to how some of these people talked just a little more than a decade ago. The story was told through the eyes of the loser/underdog which is always endearing. Kingsley does his thing, and Mary-Kate's appearance is a trip. I pretty much like most movies where the whole cast of characters is pretty screwed in the head, but "i got mad love for this movie, yo".

Pretty basic indie drama with great performances by the lead actors and a well directed atmosphere aided by a good soundtrack.

Nostalgia aside, a pretty mediocre movie. Really though, what was the need to shove 1994 down our throats? Countless references were made throughout the film to the point of being extremely cheesy. Capture the era, don't announce it.

The beginning is damn good, but at almost exactly the half way point it turns into an extremely cliched, uninteresting and unremarkable movie. It's a true shame since the beginning had such promise, it's enjoyable nonetheless though.

Some great turns among the cast is not enough to lift this film above some horrid directing and writing decisions. Its fresh, but thats it.

good little hippy film, worth a matinee

It's pretty standard indie dramedy but it has some heart. It's a really dark looking movie, which makes sense considering it's such a downer a lot of the time. It has excellent excellent music but a pretty generic "live life" message, but I thought the actors and the story was good enough to draw me in, and that's really all I need from a movie to recommend it.

A moderately likable little slice-of-life Manhattan story with a whole lot of 90s nostalgia and sepia-toned photography. Ben Kingsley and Famke Janssen don't have much chemistry, but other than that it's enjoyable.