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- On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 14% of 7 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 3.4/10. Critic Roger Ebert gave it 1.5 stars out of 4. Ebert liked the characters and thought them believable, but excoriated the plot as nonsensical and absurd, particularly the kidnapping scheme.
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Roger Ebert. October 28, 1988. 4 min read. “The Prince of Pennsylvania” represents a kind of film that has become lamentably popular in recent years. It forces realistic characters into an absurd plot, and expects us to accept the plot because we believe in the characters.
Rupert Marshetta (Keanu Reeves), a loud-mouthed punk rocker with a taste for the intellectual, is bored stiff and on the verge of failing out of his senior year of high school. But when Marshetta...
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- Ron Nyswaner
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- Fred Ward
The Prince of Pennsylvania: Directed by Ron Nyswaner. With Fred Ward, Keanu Reeves, Bonnie Bedelia, Amy Madigan. A teenager in love, who needs money to arrange his future life with his mistress, kidnaps his own father for ransom, but nobody cares.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Ron Nyswaner
- 1988-10
The Prince of Pennsylvania is a 1988 comedy drama film written and directed by Ron Nyswaner. It stars Fred Ward, Keanu Reeves, Bonnie Bedelia and Amy Madigan.
A biker dude, slash aspiring poet, Mr. Reeves works with conservative father Fred Ward for a coal-mining company. But, Reeves does not want to follow in his father's sooty footsteps. After tailing busty mother Bonnie Bedelia, Reeves confirms she has a sex buddy.
The Prince of Pennsylvania Reviews. The quirky charm soon wears thin as the shrewd observations of small town frustration give way to a more strained oddball humour. Full Review | Jun 24, 2006...
Set in a remote Pennsylvania coal-mining town, this off-beat comedy follows the relationship between Carla, a hippie woman, and Rupert, a young punk rocker who feels like a pariah. Hoping to leave their current lives behind, the two conspire to kidnap Rupert's father and hold him for ransom.
