Irishchatter I know this film was quite rough but honestly, Matthew Lillard was just an amazing actor by playing as a kid in the 1980's. He actually didn't look too bad by having his hair dyed blue, it looked pretty awesome on him. He really put into so much energy for his character, I was very surprised that this film didn't win an Oscar or a Golden Globe! It really does bring you to the time where sex, drugs and punk music were increasingly popular. I hated when Bob died from overdosing drugs while he was trying to get rid of his headache. I felt really upset for poor Stevo, he was his only friend in the world. His face does bring you into tears since you normally don't see Lillard crying in some of his movies especially his notable role as Shaggy.This is honestly the best film I ever saw and it's really much better then Trainspotting!

VakiPitsi When I saw "SLC punk!" for the first time I was surprised, a lot... I saw the trailer and I thought "oh cool another movie about punk, drugs and subculture" but boy was I wrong. Instead of the shallow movie for just entertainment purposes that I expected I got a true masterpiece that would haunt my thoughts for weeks. The intense scenes, the whole irony behind the characters, the realism of the script together with amazing acting (another surprise, Lillards acting) made this movie for me seriously life changing! After finishing the film tons of question are born inside your head about, you, the world, society. In conclusion a very straight forward film with deep meaning!

chase_g On initially watching this movie I wanted to give it a higher rating, because all in all it was fast-paced and entertaining. The dialog was good enough and there was plenty of humor and action. One stylistic criticism is that Stevo's voice-over was poorly utilized. In movies where the method works, such as Fight Club and A Clockwork Orange, the voice-over was used moderately so as to represent the narrator's perspective through comments where it would otherwise be unclear rather than summarize things that could have been shown instead of told or were already happening on screen. Overall, it seemed to be a low-budget attempt to emulate Trainspotting's style.On further reflection, however, it's clear that this movie is geared towards 90's hipsters who don't know anything about punk rock and only recognize it for its fashionistas and punk bands that were slow and poppy enough to make it to the mainstream. Disappointingly, there seemed to be more classical music in its soundtrack than genuine 80's hardcore songs. Despite Stevo's railings against 'posers,' he and his friends seemed to be trying too hard with their image to take any of his 'anarchist' rhetoric seriously. Nor is anarchism even close to being the only ideology which identifies with punk. Contrary to this movie's attempt to portray punks as being to the 80's what hippies were to the 60's, the genre is far too diverse and divergent to make the point stick. Along with druggies there were straight edgers, along with anarchists there were fascists, and along with all of them there were people who just didn't care one way or the other. SLC Punk attempted to use broad generalizations to display a small subsection within punk rock as being wholly representative for its target audience of outsiders. Within 80's hardcore, a shaved head, plain tee, and boots were far more common than a blue mohawk with tight leather pants. SLC Punk never truly felt as though it was about the music or even the broader social scene so much as it was about a specific character, his specific problems, and his specific viewpoint. The amorphous plot had been satisfactory until its ending, which had conclusions which were too black-and-white and didn't translate smoothly enough from the protagonist to his broader social situation. This could have been forgiven however, if not for the display of some of the most horrible and clichéd acting I've seen within memory from the two kids playing the flashback versions of Stevo and Bob. The amateurishness and total lack of quality in this scene speaks for itself. I would only recommend this movie to someone with nothing else to do and who can take its portrayal of punk with more than a grain of salt.

Jimmy Jazz By watching the movie,what I don't do often,I found myself...I realized that it's not all about school,than job,and useless death...The good thing is that the Nazi scum was shoved in a bad light!I looked the film at least ten times,and every time I was full so emotions (I don't like emotions but hate and anger in often)..I cried like a baby at the end,as much HC as I am...strong and pretty true movie.. x\ (S L C P u n k ! ! !) I would like to find more movies like this...and I was disappointed when I researched about actors in the movie..BOB IS Jesus!!!I was telling everyone to see this film,even bought it to them as gifts and all...and,yes,I'm from Bosnia,and here are punks to!!! :)