If this is what Lin can do for the Hollywood equivalent of pocket change, we can't wait to see what's possible when he has an actual budget at his disposal.
– Jeff Strickler,
Minneapolis Star Tribune,
25 Apr 2003
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MTV (which bought this movie out of Sundance) believes the target audience to be high school and college students. I would argue that it's anyone in search of a well-made, thought-provoking motion picture.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
26 Apr 2003
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A enerally absorbing look at a slice of society normally taken for granted, both in life and onscreen.
– Todd McCarthy,
Variety,
6 Jul 2010
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Better Luck Tomorrow breathes new life into a familiar story: coming of age in high school.
– Joe Morgenstern,
Wall Street Journal,
2 Apr 2013
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Better Luck Tomorrow, a corrosive, insightful study of the pressure-packed lives of suburban high school students, brings a new variant to gangster movies: gangsters with perfect SAT scores.