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  • 80
    Variety | David Stratton

    Visually inventive and refreshingly witty, pic provides an insider's look at the contempo Sydney music scene and showcases a smart young cast. Read full review

  • 80
    The New York Times | A.O. Scott

    The end may be a bit of a letdown, but much of Garage Days is choice cuts indeed. Read full review

  • 75
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

    Though the storytelling is a bit lopsided, the slapdash quality is charming overall, and the movie benefits from colorful characters and a couple of hilarious scenes. Read full review

  • 75
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    The movie is not in any sense a musical featuring this band (which, as nearly as I could tell, does not have a name). The soundtrack has a lot of music, freely selected from pop hits old and new, but the running gag is that the band never gets to play, and so we never get to hear it. Read full review

  • 70
    Wall Street Journal |

    What MTV's "The Real World" would be like if its characters admitted they were simply aspiring actors. Garage Days is more clever, more compelling and genuine. Read full review

  • 63
    New York Daily News | Elizabeth Weitzman

    Proyas creates an engaging, high-octane energy, boosted by an up-for-anything cast. Read full review

  • 50
    Los Angeles Times | Manohla 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
    L.A. Weekly | Scott 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

  • 25
    Boston Globe | Ty Burr

    The overall tone is one of mild Sex Pistols excess combined with Monkees-era high jinks. Read full review

  • 0
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    There's something uniquely embarrassing about a rock & roll fable that is no more authentic (and no less coy) than an episode of ''The Monkees'' yet insists on presenting itself as the epitome of rebel-yell cool. Read full review

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