Synopsis
A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.
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Cast
- Giovanni RibisiJeff
- Parker PoseyErica
- Steve ZahnBuff
- Nicky KattTim
- Ajay NaiduNazeer Choudhury
- Samia ShoaibPakeesa Choudhury
- Dina Spybey-WatersBee-Bee
- Jayce BartokPony
- Amie CareySooze
- Kitt BrophySooze's Mom
Recommendations
- 90
The New York Times
Mr. 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. - 88
Chicago Sun-Times
The movie is dark, intense and disturbing. - 88
Rolling Stone
The fierce and funny film version has been directed by Texan Richard Linklater (Slacker, Dazed and Confused, Before Sunrise) with rare grace and compassion. - 80
Chicago Reader
Nevertheless, 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. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
SubUrbia is depressing comedy -- the more so because director Richard Linklater's satirical picture of youthful alienation rings painfully true. - 70
Salon
Linklater 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. - 67
Austin Chronicle
Perhaps 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. - 63
ReelViews
SubUrbia is about 95% dialogue, some of which is clever, but much of which is pointless.
