The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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SubUrbia
Comedy · Drama · 1997
A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.
Movie details
SubUrbia
“Sixpacks, sex and supermarkets.”
1997 Comedy · Drama 2h 1m
Critical arithmetic
The consensus, allegedly.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
IMDb
6.7 / 10
11.4K votes
Rotten Tomatoes
68 %
Tomatometer
Metacritic
63 / 100
Metascore
TMDB
6.2 / 10
Community rating
External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.
A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over SubUrbia?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Richard Linklater
Written by
Eric Bogosian
Giovanni Ribisi
Jeff
Steve Zahn
Buff
Amie Carey
Sooze
Nicky Katt
Tim
Parker Posey
Erica
Ajay Naidu
Nazeer Choudhury
Jayce Bartok
Pony
Court is in session
Put SubUrbia on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.