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===Critical reception===
On [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds an approval rating of 62% on 34 reviews, with an average rating of 5.6/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "Merging anarchic spirit with straightforward melodrama, ''SLC Punk'' is a hit-and-miss odyssey of youthful rebellion elevated by Matthew Lillard's dramatically potent star turn."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/slc_punk/|title=SLC Punk (1998)|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=August 21, 2023|archive-date=November 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127045938/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/slc_punk|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Metacritic]] assigned the film a weighted average score of 50 out of 100, based on 21 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/slc-punk!|title=SLC Punk! Reviews|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=September 1, 2018|archive-date=September 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929204315/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/slc-punk!|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' gave the film three-out-of-four stars, praising Lillard's performance and writing that the film offers "a little something there for all of us".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/slc-punk-1999|title=SLC Punk! Movie Review & Film Summary (1999)|author=Roger Ebert|date=May 14, 1999|website=RogerEbert.com|access-date=September 1, 2018|archive-date=April 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200429134647/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/slc-punk-1999|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Janet Maslin]], writing for ''[[The New York Times]]'', called the film "likable for its outlandishness, less so when it shows a self-important streak".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/16/movies/film-review-it-s-a-tough-job-but-someone-has-to-be-a-punk-in-utah.html|title=FILM REVIEW; It's a Tough Job, but Someone Has to Be a Punk in Utah|author=Janet Maslin|date=April 16, 1999|work=The New York Times|access-date=September 1, 2018|archive-date=January 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115150447/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/16/movies/film-review-it-s-a-tough-job-but-someone-has-to-be-a-punk-in-utah.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Dennis Harvey of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' called it "energetic but poorly structured", writing that the film "doesn't quite grasp how its slick, flashy package undermines any actual punk cred".<ref name=variety /> Nathan Rabin of ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' wrote that "''S.L.C. Punk!'' takes a potentially fascinating subject and reduces it to a mawkish compendium of film-festival clichés".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/s-l-c-punk-1798194761|title=S.L.C. Punk!|author=Nathan Rabin|date=March 29, 2002|website=The A.V. Club|access-date=September 1, 2018|archive-date=August 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807101130/https://film.avclub.com/s-l-c-punk-1798194761|url-status=live}}</ref> David Luty of ''[[Film Journal International]]'' wrote a mostly negative review of the film, stating that it "cannot quite reach the richer depths it grasps for, because it doesn't have the material to support the large dramatic distance Stevo has to travel".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmjournal.com/node/14561|title=SLC PUNK|date=November 2, 2004|author=David Luty|work=Film Journal International|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901193303/http://www.filmjournal.com/node/14561|archive-date=September 1, 2018|access-date=September 1, 2018}}</ref>