If Stevie didn't seem like such a real and basically ordinary teen, the film wouldn't be so compelling.
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10/26/07
Pups (1999)
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Reviews Counted:10
Fresh:9
Rotten:1
Average Rating:7.1/10
Synopsis: Stevie (Van Hoy) is an ordinary thirteen year-old boy who finds his mother's gun and impulsively decides to rob a bank with his girlfriend, Rocky (Barton). The holdup escalates into a media circus,... [More]
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03/24/02
Top CriticThe crisp images and Bill Foster’s unnerving ambient sound of hovering copters enormously aid this low-budget powder keg.
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Hyperkinetic, perceptive though derivative.
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Top CriticRaw but effective reworking of Dog Day Afternoon.
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An eye-opening examination of contemporary youth violence and American gun culture.
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Ash ... is a genuine provocateur-filmmaker.
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Pups looks ragged and slammed-together, but that's part of its appeal; the film has a wildness that more care would have killed.
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