Reality Bites
Time Out says
Almost inevitably, as the first mainstream Hollywood movie to focus on post-college 'Generation X'-ers, actor Stiller's directorial debut sets up all sorts of youth-cred expectations it then has a hard time fulfilling. Ryder plays recent graduate Lelaina Pierce, given the heave-ho by a Houston TV station and left to fend for herself in the harsh economic climate of the '90s. Luckily, though, love is there - but can she choose between muso Troy (Hawke), a goatee-sporting wastrel, or will it be smarmball MTV executive Michael (Stiller)? There's probably a moderate little romantic comedy crying to get out here, but the film's vain striving for casual hip proves suffocatingly obtrusive.
Details
Release details
Duration:
99 mins
Cast and crew
Director:
Ben Stiller
Screenwriter:
Helen Childress
Cast:
Winona Ryder
Ethan Hawke
Ben Stiller
Janeane Garofalo
Steve Zahn
Swoosie Kurtz
Joe Don Baker
Harry O'Reilly
Ethan Hawke
Ben Stiller
Janeane Garofalo
Steve Zahn
Swoosie Kurtz
Joe Don Baker
Harry O'Reilly