Garage Days
Fox Searchlight Pictures | Release Date: July 18, 2003 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
50
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 19 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
11
Negative:
2
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58
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
It's a handsome film, and made with verve, but too often the tone wobbles and far, far too many of its jokes hit with a splat. Read full review
58
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
A lively and lightweight comedy, the film finally connects with the real-life rush of playing music for a live audience. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesManohla Dargis
Like real indie films, garage bands are by definition rough around the edges, but what separates the true believers from the poseurs is their passion, their commitment -- and not just how cool they look on screen or on stage. A mainstream endeavor tricked out as an indie, Garage Days gives us plenty to look at but no reason to care. Read full review
50
New York PostLou Lumenick
Garage Days is fun, but it would have been even more entertaining if Proyas had taken an unplugged approach. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
This wacky Australian comedy about a struggling rock band is tolerable fun, neither as inventive as Bob Rafelson's 60s sitcom "The Monkees" nor as hilariously bad as Ron Howard's made-for-TV cult movie "Cotton Candy" (1978). Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
It's scary how unfunny this flick is. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
A lively little Australian rock movie hamstrung and sunk by one of the least successful story ideas I've seen recently. Read full review
50
L.A. WeeklyScott Foundas
Dazzling imagery and a grab bag of wry jokes, no matter how lively, can take a movie only so far when there's no emotional ballast attached. Read full review
50
Village VoiceLaura Sinagra
Spotting trains that left the station a few years back. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
Proyas is a veteran music-video director, and for its first half the film feels like one long video, albeit in a good way. He initially lets music and images tell his story rather than words, but in its second half, Garage Days succumbs to its overreaching, convoluted plot. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
A startling about-face for Australian director Alex Proyas, and an unwelcome one as well. Read full review
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