Pump Up the Volume

Movie Ranked #900 | 1990 - Drama, Music
Mark runs a pirate radio station and causes an uproar when he speaks his mind and enthralls fellow teens.
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Best two reviews:
1) The Globe and Mail (Toronto) - This is an exhilarating picture, the kind that strips away smug complacencies and exposes raw nerves to a bright light. [14 Sep 1990, p.C4] (Rating: 100) Read Full Review >
2) Chicago Reader - A clarion call for freedom and collective action both hopeful and energizing, it qualifies as a generational statement as Rebel Without a Cause did in the 50s, but without the defeatism and masochism. Not to be missed. (Rating: 100) Read Full Review >

Worst two reviews:
14) Los Angeles Times - In the end, even in the howling high frequencies and the nihilistic night, this R-rated movie misses its best shot. It doesn't talk hard enough. [22 Aug 1990, p.5] (Rating: 60) Read Full Review >
15) TV Guide - Bad teen film unredeemed by aspirations toward significance. (Rating: 25) Read Full Review >
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