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Can't Hardly Wait (1998)
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Reviews Counted:45
Fresh:20
Rotten:25
Average Rating:5.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: It's graduation day at Huntington Hills High, and you know what that means - time to party. And not just any party, either. This one will be a night to remember, as the nerds become studs, the... It's graduation day at Huntington Hills High, and you know what that means - time to party. And not just any party, either. This one will be a night to remember, as the nerds become studs, the jocks are humiliated, and freshman crushes blossom into grown-up romance. Will Preston (Ethan Embry) finally talk to teen queen Amanda (Jennifer Love Hewitt)? Will whiteboy rapper Special K (Seth Green) hook up? Writing/directing team Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont (JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS) pay loving tribute to the 1980's teen films they obviously adore, updating the genre for a new generation of young people. [More]
Starring: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ethan Embry, Charlie Korsmo, Seth Green
Starring: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ethan Embry, Charlie Korsmo, Seth Green, Lauren Ambrose, Peter Facinelli, Jaime Pressly
Director: Deborah Kaplan, Harry Elfont
Director: Deborah Kaplan, Harry Elfont
Screenwriter: Deborah Kaplan, Harry Elfont
Producer: Jenno Topping, Betty Thomas
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Reviews for Can't Hardly Wait
It's all cutely derivative, occasionally charming and very occasionally clever.
It's not supposed to be a revelation--just a pleasant rendition of a teen-comedy trope.
A decidedly healthy antidote to the hate-driven, ghoulishly cynical bloodlettings of Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer and the rest of that sick ilk.
A failed attempt to recapture the exuberant magic of such highschool movie classics as American Graffiti, this is a loud and boisterous comedy, in which the entire action is set during an interminably long graduation night.
This is the kind of pointless teen schlock one sees on USA Up All Night.
Their characters are heavy-handed stereotypes, but the young actors have the the talent to give them real personality.
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