Doesn't dawdle and, despite some eye-rolling dialogue, is a generally amiable time-trip.
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Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
Makes a great time capsule, a shot-on-the-streets glimpse into the texture of a bygone time, place and attitude, but a listless, lightweight odyssey.
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Portland OregonianKim Morgan
Portland OregonianKim Morgan
Although amateurish, often poorly acted and containing dialogue and narration that comes off as pretentious and embarrassing, it's worth watching for the environment it envelops you in.
It's as a documentary that Downtown 81 is most successful, particularly at those moments when the somewhat unfocused filmmaking allows us to look past the foreground characters and catch glimpses of a vanished cityscape.
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New York PostJonathan Foreman
New York PostJonathan Foreman
Amateurish in the extreme, the film is a feast of bohemian cliché, bad writing and worse acting.
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New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Alternates between being amusingly pretentious and studiously dull.