Rotten
Rarely has anything so lurid seemed so downright mundane.
Stephen Garrett, Time Out New York
Overview
The neglected child of parents living on a commune, Victor is helpless to resist the atmosphere of sex and drugs that permeates his world, but he's smart enough to know that if he is going to survive, he has to get out.
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9%
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Rotten
An astoundingly bad memory piece that blows its potential dramatic heft at every turn.
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
This strident expose may gladden the hearts of some anti-'60s conservatives, but it is a shapeless mess steeped in prurience.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
Rotten
O.K., life without structure or purpose leads to disillusionment and angst, but we knew that already. I'll be darned if I know what deeper lesson we're supposed to learn after suffering through 88 minutes of misery.
Rex Reed, New York Observer
Rotten
The film builds on a fascinating cautionary tale, but doesn't develop its characters past whatever movie-of-the-week crisis each suffers from.
Aaron Hillis, Village Voice
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