Teenage Badass

Absolutely mind-numbingly boring to anyone that is not a 40-50 year old white guy who had a college band in the Phoenix music scene. It's filled with in-jokes that nobody gets unless they're a 40-50 year old white guy who had a college band in the Phoenix music scene. Couple that with baby boomer style "Marriage is a shackle and wives are horrible!" humor, and you get a film that downright tires anyone under the age of 35.

I wouldn't even consider watching if you're a woman. Every single female character revolves around the men. They're completely devoid of character, 2D creatures meant to fill space and give plot points for the leading boys of the film.

It's hard to enjoy the film unless you are a very very specific demographic who will understand their bizarrely obscure jokes and references. I get the feeling the film was made less for any type of audience and more for the guys making it to live out some fantasy of how they wish their college band had went. It's not the world's most terrible film if you're the exact target audience, but if you're not you're better off just watching Scott Pilgrim again.

No, I'm not saying it compares in greatnesss or humor to those two films. This is a no budget indie film without names. But it has the same type of story and humor.

IOW rock music and late teens. The one bad review has it so wrong. There's not a single inside joke. Takes place in Phoenix, but it could be any big US city that's not NY or LA.

It's not Spinal Tap as in as funny as ST was. But it is a nice little film that's kind of funny sometimes.

Super entertaining... Jimmy Eat World sucks but this story just reminds me of those insane 2000's movies like spun... just more fun... totally worth the watch.

This is a weird little movie. Not exactly a comedy. It is lighthearted and upbeat though. Just be aware - there are no 'classic' jokes/gags. No lols and definitely no rofl moments. It's watchable. It's forgettable. But I'm giving it 6/10 for efforts, decent camerawork, good music, okay acting. PS. What's with the name? Little weird and unrelated, no?

If you take yourself way too seriously and forgot what it was like to be young, you probably won't like this. This is an underdog story of sorts with mostly likable characters and a nice mix of comedy and drama. I was very entertained, although the Stylo character was pretty unlikable.