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Movie Overview
Cast
• Shia LaBeouf
• Kathleen Quinlan
• Amy Smart
Director
• Efram Potelle
• Kyle Rankin
MPAA Rating
PG-13 - brief language and a drug reference
The Battle of Shaker Heights (2003)

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OFCS Rating: 45% Rotten
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B+
"An above-average teen film with a witty screenplay and undeniable charm."  FromTheBalcony  Bill Clark

C
"An unappealing melancholy sitcom dramatization."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

A
"Project Greenlight or not, I don't care. This is beautiful, glorious, a masterpiece."  Film Blather  Eugene Novikov

B-
"Though slight and rather frail, it's still modestly entertaining...and LaBeouf is well worth watching throughout."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

2/5
"Project Greenlight's second "winner" is more like a second strike ... and not a ringing endorsement for contest-based filmmaking."  Netflix  James Rocchi

"[Potelle and Rankin] were set up to fail. And so they failed."  Flick Filosopher  MaryAnn Johanson

C
"If there is a delicate story of forgiveness, friendship and family buried somewhere in Erica Beeney's script, Potelle and Rankin haven't managed to find it under the throes of empty rebellion and painless triumph."  Seattle Post-Intelligencer  Sean Axmaker

3/5
"Perfectly enjoyable without being remarkable, a solid endeavor by a first-time writer and rookie directing team."  Filmcritic.com  Sean O'Connell

2/4
"There's no emotional pay-off to The Battle of Shaker Heights, which doesn't so much end as trail off into the credits."  Reel.com  Timothy Knight

"The Battle at Shaker Heights, is a genuine coming of age story that is captivating because of its lead star, Shia LaBeouf."  BlackFilm.com  Wilson Morales

4/10
Read review  Modamag.com  Brian Orndorf

Read review  PopMatters  Cynthia Fuchs
OFCS Rating: 45% Rotten
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