They came back after 20 years to find nobody wants to save the world-- They just want to buy it.
They came back after 20 years to find nobody wants to save the world-...
Comedy
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1989
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In the later 1960s, two hippies are forced to leave their friends as they are wanted by the FBI, who sees them as criminals. They hide in the jungle for 20 years, secluded from the outside world. In the later 1980s, the find out that a secret war is about to start in the US, and decide to return to New York to tell someone about it.
A sincere, somewhat nuanced, relatively uncliched, and actually judicious look at both the 60s and 80s and what they mean in relation to each other.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
14 Jan 2011
rotten:
Rude Awakening is utterly without merit, and its "give-peace-a-chance" message during the final credits is lame to the point of being offensive.
– Gene Siskel,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Jul 2014
rotten:
It's hard to be against a movie that's against war. Which is the most enthusiastic thing you can say about Rude Awakening, a witty concept that never quite materializes into a movie.
– Carrie Rickey,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
11 Jul 2014
fresh:
The movie is very uneven, but it does manage to do a couple of crucial things that those tributes haven't. It shows us the zany heart of '60s counterculture, and it reminds us that the zaniness was a form of political expression.
– Jay Boyar,
Orlando Sentinel,
11 Jul 2014
fresh:
It's far from being a professional job, but Rude Awakening probably wouldn't be as much fun if it were.