Review of Slacker (1990) by Ggsound . — 07 Jun 2008

This is film as art. absolutely wonderful & miraculous. the performances in this film blow my mind. a definitive gen-x masterpiece.

This review of Slacker (1990) was written by Ggsound . on 07 Jun 2008.

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