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  • 90
    Washington Post | Rita Kempley

    Unlike "Heathers," a satiric treatment of teen suicide, Pump Up the Volume is...

  • 88
    Boston Globe | Joan Anderman

    It's a celebration of free expression that treats youth like a fierce and...

  • 80
    The New York Times | Stephen Holden

    Working within the confines of the teen-age genre film, Pump Up the Volume...

  • 80
    Variety |

    Writer-director Allan Moyle's story about a shy high school student who...

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