Pump Up the Volume (1990)
"TALK HARD. STEAL THE AIR."
ThumbScore
👍 78%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 78%
(RT: 80%, MC: 77) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Annie Ross as Loretta Creswood
Mimi Kennedy as Marla Hunter
Keith Stuart Thayer as Luis Chavez
Cheryl Pollak as Paige Woodward
Is Pump Up the Volume good?
Most people think so. 78% audience score, estimated from 426 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 78%.
Overview
Mark Hunter, a lonely high school student, uses his shortwave radio to moonlight as the popular pirate DJ "Hard Harry." When his show gets blamed for a teen committing suicide, the students clash with high school faculty and the authorities. Wikipedia ↗
