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DVD Details
- Rated: R
- Closed captioning available
- Run Time: 1 hours, 41 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: January 6, 2004
- Originally Released: 2003
- Label: Screen Media
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Dylan Bruno, Devon Gummersall, Gina Philips & John Savage | |
Performer: | Katharine Towne, Steve Van Wormer & Johnny Whitworth | |
Directed by | Jordan Susman | |
Screenwriting by | Jordan Susman | |
Composition by | Josh Kramon | |
Produced by | Amy Greenspun, Jordan Susman & Robert Latham Brown | |
Director of Photography: | Brown Cooper |
Entertainment Reviews:
Because it never develops its characters beyond types, it comes off as flat and forced throughout.
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Village Voice
Rating: B- --
Think of it as Fight Club Lite; the film may not fully explain Generation-Next ennui but it does have is a winning immediacy and agreeableness -- and Gummersall, who... delivers a crisp performance.
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Entertainment Today
The film feels as loose and unfocused as the collective's political beliefs, at times veering dangerously close to Animal House territory.
Hollywood Reporter
Rating: B --
This movie is sharp. It makes you think.
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Dallas Morning News
Rating: 2/5 --
The Anarchist Cookbook strains for a jazzy, Oliver Stone-ish look, but at its heart it is a placid and conventional moral tale about the dangers of wandering too far off the pathway.
New York Times
Rating: C- --
You'll feel burnt by this one.
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E! Online
Rating: 3/5 --
The Anarchist Cookbook bristles with wit and ideas.
Los Angeles Times
Product Description:
Inspired by the legendary 1960s radical handbook of the same name, this debut film from director-screenwriter Jordan Susman tells the coming-of-age story of a group of friends living in a slackerish, anarchist commune in Dallas, Texas. The film is narrated in voice-overs from the film's antihero, the group leader, Puck (Devon Gummersall). Puck is a genius college dropout who inspires the group with a relatively low-key, utopian view of radical existence. Together with pranksters Double D (Steve Van Wormer) and Sweeney (Johnny Whitworth); sexy swinging feminist Karla (Gina Philips); and aging hippie Johnny Red (John Savage); Puck rails against globalization, Starbucks, and other stereotypical anticapitalist concerns. Their idea of anarchy is primarily about freedom and fun; more peace than protest. That is, until their commune is invaded by newcomer Johnny Black (Dylan Bruno), a nihilistic anarchist who favors a more violent, guerilla-warfare approach. Toting explosives, Johnny Black turns Puck's peaceful utopia upside down. Black's influence sets off a series of violent events, which land Puck in his hometown of Plano, Texas under house arrest. Once there, he meets and falls in love with Jody (Katharine Towne), a sexy Young Republican. Together with Jody, Puck plots the downfall of Johnny Black in a darkly comic and satirical finale.