I wanted to but couldn't!

good back-story, and good acting

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

what an unexpected & moving surprise. I mean its not even gold, its just kinda diamond. Haven't come across such screenplay & portrayal of the real punk life. closest as it gets. awesome performances by the cast. Matt z good, but have a look at the supporting actor line up and Man ! Did they deliver !!!definitely one of the most underrated movies ever.absolute fresh breeze , must watch ... don't watch till u get a plan to watch it the best way.. I mean ... good display screen , good speakers, snacks, drinks, beer, girlfriend and the most significant of all .... your gang ... :)great time guaranteed !!

Well, first I have to say that I feel I'm not qualified to rate this movie. From what I've heard about punks, "SLC Punk" portrayed their lifestyle faithfully, but something about it didn't entertain me. I mean, if you aren't able to watch an English language movie without subtitles, this movie won't work. The film worked kind of a documentary, and the storyteller talked too much and too fast, so you didn't have time to understand what he says, read the subtitles and analyze the scenes. And although I don't wanna live like a punk group does, I admire them for their authenticity and respect them as I would respect any other group of people. A must see for punk lovers, either to like it or not.

Skeptical was my first impression of this movie. It seemed as though it would just focus on a bunch of punks and how cool their way of life is. That's not wrong, but it's also not right. This is portrayed throughout most of the movie, but later on, Matthew Lillard's character changes and begins to think about who he is. It served as a great character development, but this is just one of the few great parts about the movie. In the ending, it was shown how talented he can be in a dramatic role. It's hard to see why he isn't in more roles like that. The comedy is lacking and that is what it was labeled under, so it was unimpressive in that factor. It had few chuckle moments. The style is also unimpressive. The pans and cuts are sometimes choppy and the story telling was sketchy at times. Most performances were up to par given the material, but there were still a few missing links. It's a nice, independent movie that can be enjoyed if the lacking parts are dismissed.

The Holy Trinity of punk movies are Sid and Nancy, Suburbia and SLC Punk! and out of the three I think SLC is by far the best.I'll avoid reviewing the movie of its cinematic qualities as there are many people on IMDb who are far more qualified to do that.What I am somewhat qualified to judge is the accuracy of the film's depiction of "scene life". Fully admitting that I'm far too young to have experienced punk in the 80s (I'm 23) and that I live in a large East Coast city (so quite distanced from the cultural isolation depicted in Salt Lake) I do think I can make some legitimate comments and criticisms.The film did touch on the high schoolesque social politics aspect of the punk scene somewhat (Steve-Os initial relationship and his reaction to its dissolution) but not nearly enough to convey any real accuracy. This may have been done to make the movie more entertaining, as whether or not kids have a mohawk ultimately does not make their "who's-banging-who" love triangles any more interesting. However, they're actually a huge part of the scene and reflect some fundamental realities about any kind of underground subculture. That reality being that most kids in the punk scene are basically just trying to create the social systems for themselves that everyone else takes for granted.The DIY ethic that's the very core of punk rock doesn't just apply to producing your own albums, running your own venues and sewing your own clothes. It's also about making your own social scene composed of people that YOU want to be around and that YOU feel comfortable with, rather then the peers and co-workers you've been assigned by school and work.So social cliques in the punk scene aren't merely spikey haired replicas of normal high school cliques. Rather, they're ersatz families created by people who have been drawn together by a common force in their lives, rather then just having grown up in the same neighborhoods or having gone to the same schools as in more typical social development.So ultimately what punk is really about, more then the ideology, style or even music is the relationships formed between kids in the scene. And outside of Steve-O and Heroin Bob's relationship, I didn't see much of that.