PositiveThe New York Times Book ReviewRaftery makes a persuasive, entertaining case for the enduring impact of a passel of classics ... His tone, like the period’s, is jaunty but jaundiced ... Raftery’s voice and thesis suit today’s craving for Nineties Nostalgia ... has its hiccups. Raftery, despite a nice shout-out to John Hughes, favors ’90s kids-in-crisis films over \'crummier Reagan-era teen movies\' ... may also be biased, inflating the significance of the cultural touchstones of its author’s youth.
