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Metascore
9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80NewsweekTed GideonseNewsweekTed GideonseDespite its bizarre intellectual project, Le Pecheur's film is seductive and shockingly sexy.
- 60TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghIf not an entirely successful film, it's a bold and haunting one.
- 50Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittWants to appear bold and liberated, but it seems awfully solemn about the subculture it explores.
- 40Village VoiceLeslie CamhiVillage VoiceLeslie CamhiIt manages to be both ponderous and silly.
- 38New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsUnderdeveloped and badly diluted by overlong -- and overly stylized -- forays into the drug use, street hustling and cultural alienation that mostly affects the boys' friends.
- 30Film.comErnest HardyFilm.comErnest HardyIn trying to avoid moralizing or cheap sensationalizing, Didier sidestepped any energy force altogether and his film snoozes because of it.
- 30L.A. WeeklyPaul MalcolmL.A. WeeklyPaul MalcolmSeems stuck in reverse.
- 20Chicago ReaderLisa AlspectorChicago ReaderLisa AlspectorNearly toothless 1998 existential drama.
- 20The New York TimesDana StevensThe New York TimesDana StevensBrain-dead.