The film exists for its shots of telegenic youngsters busting loose to a bankable soundtrack, and it's the cheesy dialogue, overstuffed plot, and predictable character arcs that come across as superfluous.
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TV Guide Magazine
TV Guide Magazine
Insubstantial, predictable and often dull, it's a dismaying move from director Allen Moyle, who displayed a real grasp of pulp energy in 1990's "Pump Up the Volume".
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Entertainment WeeklyTy Burr
Entertainment WeeklyTy Burr
The movie is too blatant a throwback to crass '80s teen fodder to really work.
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Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
If the movie is a lost cause, it may at least showcase actors who have better things ahead of them.