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18 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Chicago ReaderLisa AlspectorChicago ReaderLisa AlspectorUnlike the many youth movies that can't overcome their makers' hindsight, this one may actually put you in an adolescent frame of mind.
- 50The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenThe tuneful melodies of their favourite band grace the soundtrack, but let's not confuse this with a rock 'n' roll movie -- the music is just the blank canvas awaiting the higher art of the gross-out.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceThere's an awful lot of rocking out going on in Detroit Rock City, but then rocking out is this occasionally clever but lifeless movie's reason for being.
- 30Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonWell, it could have been good. But this goofy homage to Kiss fans gets dry mouth pretty fast.
- 30Film ThreatRon WellsFilm ThreatRon WellsIf you love KISS, you'll probably see this movie anyway. If you don't, there's no point.
- 20The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinThe cast never has much chance to shine. And the main attraction is kept all too understandably under wraps.
- 10Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranThis aggressively stupid film is merely business as usual, a compendium of all the current obsessions and fixations that make so many of these films such unhappy experiences.
- 10New Times (L.A.)Robert WilonskyNew Times (L.A.)Robert WilonskyA turgid, unfunny, out-of-time rockspolitation movie.
- 10The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinSuch a stupid, painfully obvious, gratingly unfunny dud that it's unlikely to please even the most gullible and easy-to-please members of the Kiss army.