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DVD Reality Bites (10th Anniversary Edition)
Ben Stiller's directorial debut was this sporadically successful twentysomething comedy that tries too hard to codify the generational experience of its young adult characters. Winona Ryder plays a still-unformed woman struggling with career and relationship issues, Janeane Garofalo portrays her best friend, and Ethan Hawke and Stiller play the two lovers pursuing her. The story is as also about generation-X confusion over how to get by in a hand-me-down world with not much to get excited about, a world filled with a pop culture currency of bad music and poetry slams. The film's chief strength is its appealing cast, which is bolstered by appearances from David Spade, Renee Zellweger, Kevin Pollak, Jeanne Triplehorn, and Stiller's mother, Anne Meara. --Tom Keogh
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Brilliant Actings, Predictable Story!
I've seen ethan hawk's best performance ever in this movie. it was great. Wiona ryder and other actors were great too but it was not even a memorable movie. it has a predictable sipmle story that made no sense at least for me. maybe I'm not right but in my opinion, this movie does not worth to buy. does not even worth to rent. but gh the movie itself does not worth anything but it's soundtrack issome channels may show it occasionally. It's worth to be watch once at TV!
By the way, I forgot to mention that this movie has a great CD soundtrack, really great. worth to buy!
Rite of Passage Film
This film is a "must see" for anyone who has passed through their twenties. You don't have to be a gen x'er to appreciate it. Life should be like this when you are 20 something. Being 20 something in the 70's, I can appreciate the "drugs, sex and rock and roll" feel of the film. Good character development--I especially appreciated Hawke's "slacker" character. Well done. I've known and appreciated many "slackers" that are now successful social advocates. On on!
Indeed, Reality Bites
If this is the generation I am supposed to belong to, I want to disown it. Ben Stiller's directorial debut centers on four friends recently graduated from collage, and are now trying to find their way in the world. The movies messege is that we are a lost generation, but that is not are parent's fault (where this movie tries to lay the blame). The kids in this movie are just lazy, more or less. And they spend their free time trying to make meaning out of their lives. Indeed, Troy (Ethan Hawke) even tries to ratinalize stealing a candy bar by saying society ows him. Winona Ryder plays waify Lelina, who makes a documentry out of recorded footage she has of her friends. One day she meets Michael (Ben Stiller) who is their age but has made a good career out of the TV industry. Ethan hates him for his honest approach to life, and so the battle for Lelina's love begins. I really wasn't too impressed with this movie, it just made it seem like my peers are just wallowing in self pity for the sake of being the cool, tortured artist; when they should get off the couch and go get a job.
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