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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 70
    L.A. Weekly | Chuck Wilson

    Karen Black gives her sharpest performance in years as Bambi LeBleau, a roadside-dive karaoke hostess who invites the kids back to her house for a night of booze and lounge classics. Read full review

  • 70
    Los Angeles Times | Kevin Thomas

    They are tremendously appealing, and under Stephens' direction, Anson Scoville as an Amish runaway and Paulo Costanzo as a closeted gay college fraternity man are also memorable. Read full review

  • 63
    New York Daily News | Elizabeth Weitzman

    Only slightly less awkward than its young protagonists, Todd Stephens' earnest coming-of-age drama is able to coast a long way on two engaging performances and some endearing moments. Read full review

  • 60
    The Hollywood Reporter | Frank Scheck

    Rue plays her with just the right combination of sweetness, sexuality and sass. Read full review

  • 50
    San Francisco Chronicle |

    This offering is a mostly undistinguished addition to the long list of films about alienated and self-pitying young people. Read full review

  • 40
    The Onion A.V. Club | Noel Murray

    The outsider road picture Gypsy 83 means well, but writer-director Todd Stephens can't keep his aesthetic out of the way. Read full review

  • 40
    Village Voice |

    A surprisingly pragmatic take on the joys and perils of diva worship, Gypsy 83 has as many emotional ups and downs as its protagonists' road trip: Emerging love interests threaten to disrupt the delicate goth boy/fag hag balance, only to fade after the glitter. Read full review

  • 40
    The New York Times | Dave Kehr

    This is a tiny, vulnerable, rather treacly film at heart, one that would probably float away were it not for Ms. Rue's generous presence. Read full review

  • 40
    Variety | Robert Koehler

    Couldn't be less involving and more sentimentalized. Read full review

  • 38
    New York Post | Lou Lumenick

    A depressingly predictable journey of self-discovery. Read full review

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