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20 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinMr. Bogosian's venomously funny play, which he adapted himself for the screen, is given warmth and generosity by Mr. Linklater, whose elegantly fluid direction and great skill with actors are accentuated by the play's spareness.
- 88Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe movie is dark, intense and disturbing.
- 88Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversThe fierce and funny film version has been directed by Texan Richard Linklater (Slacker, Dazed and Confused, Before Sunrise) with rare grace and compassion.
- 80Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumNevertheless, the cast of mainly unknowns is so good, and Linklater is so adept at playing them off one another, that the two-hour running time never seems overextended.
- 75San Francisco ChroniclePeter StackSan Francisco ChroniclePeter StackSubUrbia is depressing comedy -- the more so because director Richard Linklater's satirical picture of youthful alienation rings painfully true.
- 70SalonSalonLinklater gets great performances from his young cast, and you'll find yourself thinking about the characters and their travails well after the movie's finish.
- 67Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenPerhaps the most interesting thing about Linklater's (and Bogosian's) running commentary on disaffected suburban youth is that it doesn't bore you half as much as it should.
- 63ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliSubUrbia is about 95% dialogue, some of which is clever, but much of which is pointless.
- 50San Francisco ExaminerSan Francisco ExaminerThen there are times when the humor and the pathos of these losers catch you off-guard. Those moments are nearly profound, and elevate the film above the slacker cliches in which it wallows.
- 40Los Angeles TimesJack MathewsLos Angeles TimesJack MathewsWith each succeeding picture, Linklater seemed to grow as a filmmaker, just as his characters became more defined and developed. But with his fourth picture, subUrbia, he takes two giant steps backward.