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Shock Treatment has generally received mixed reviews.
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Review of Shock Treatment (1981)
Review of Shock Treatment (1981)
By Tasha Robinson (753) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 06 Jun 2000
Review of Shock Treatment (1981)
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Review of Shock Treatment (1981)
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Shock Treatment was released in 1981 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 333 reviews, giving Shock Treatment (1981) an average rating of 53%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 76%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 54%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Shock Treatment than critics were.
With a score of 53%, Shock Treatment is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1981, which stands at 60%.
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