Where the Day Takes You

Cineplex Odeon Films | Release Date: September 11, 1992

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64	METASCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews

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Attempting a hard-hitting pic on the grimy realities of Hollywood Boulevard street life, and blessed with a cast bursting with up-and-comer names and a technically adept cameraman, Where the Day Takes You inevitably winds up giving the runaway's life the kind of romantic-tragic scope that appeals to troubled teens. Read full review

TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)

WHERE THE DAY TAKES YOU has a consistently engaging narrative that resonates with accuracy and honesty. Read full review

Duane Byrge

Credit to co-writer and director Marc Rocco for the film's consistently high-level performances. Mulroney and Boyle scrounge up all the right emotions and insecurities in their street couple portrayals, while Astin is particularly terrific as a pathetic, downsliding junkie. [14 Jan 1992]

Peter Rainer

It works best when it’s at its loosest and most improvisatory. Whenever the seams in the script show, the film loses its grit and takes on the aspects of a made-for-TV drama about runaways. Read full review

Doug Brod

In Where the Day Takes You, a prettified look at teen homelessness in Hollywood, even a junkie’s vomit looks designer. Read full review

Dave Kehr

All of the kids have wonderful skin, unblemished by the slightest pimple and never coarsened by the California sun. As sordid as the material may be, Rocco can't help but prettify it. [11 Sep 1992, p.C]

Ted Mahar

You would think "The Day" might offer a grim, realistic sketch of the dangers of street life for runaways. In fact, the dangers look exciting and even stylish. Rocco gives the film a rich, complicated visual design, with consistently beautiful photography, no matter how grubby the setting is. [03 Nov 1992, p.D05]