Let’s begin with a quote from Roger Ebert: “Your entire notion is brainless.” He is speaking a few particular scene from 1988’s “The Prince of Pennsylvania,” however the criticism applies to the general enterprise. Ebert wasn’t impressed with this movie, and, taking a look at its web page on Rotten Tomatoes, neither was anybody else (it holds a 14% critic score). Nevertheless, we might argue that they are all lacking the purpose.
“The Prince of Pennsylvania” got here earlier than Keanu Reeves was well-known, and it is simply one in all his goofiest roles. Reeves performs a would-be punk rocker named Rupert Marshetta, who the film’s tagline describes as “searching for love, happiness, knowledge, reality, and the that means of life. All by subsequent Thursday.” To the film’s detriment, it opens by presenting seemingly actual characters with seemingly actual issues earlier than, most likely by accident, turning into so sitcom-y it seems like parody.
The factor is, so long as this getting in, “The Prince of Pennsylvania” makes for a reasonably good time. That is positively a so-bad-it’s-good situation, so your mileage might fluctuate right here. Anybody who can get a kick out of seeing over-the-top occasions play out for nearly no motive apart from it being what the plot calls for is in for a deal with with this one. With an viewers rating of 49% on Rotten Tomatoes, virtually one-in-two viewers loved it.