Review of Smooth Talk (1985) by Dave Kehr for Chicago Reader — 01 Jan 2000
Joyce Chopra's independent feature plays uncomfortably like two movies jammed into one: the first is a slow, exaggeratedly naturalistic portrait of teenage alienation in the shopping mall culture of California, the second is a violent, stylized gothic shocker.
Both films have their modest qualities; it's just that Chopra hasn't found an intelligible transition between the two very different approaches.
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This review of Smooth Talk (1985) was written by Dave Kehr and published by Chicago Reader on 01 Jan 2000.
Smooth Talk has generally received mixed reviews.
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