Reception
The film received a mixed critical reception, with some critics praising it for its overtly MTV-influenced style and others criticizing it for the same reason. Popular American TV critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert gave the film two thumbs up on their TV show At the Movies with Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 40% ("Rotten") based on 5 reviews. It received a generally negative review in The New York Times, which said that the film failed to "blend and balance its ingredients properly," and that it lost plot elements and taxed credibility.
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