Can't Hardly Wait (1998)

Directors:

Harry Elfont
Deborah Kaplan

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Deborah Kaplan (written by) &
Harry Elfont (written by)

Premierendatum:

12. Juni 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie | Romanze

Werbezeile:

For the class of 1998, the last night of high school is the first night of the rest of their lives.

Plot:

Multicharacter teenage comedy about high school graduates with different agenda of life on graduation night.

Plot Keywords:

Drunk Scene | High School | Shirt | One Day | Doorknob

Filmpreise:

2 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Ranks high in its genre

Besetzung

Jennifer Love Hewitt	...	Amanda Beckett
Ethan Embry	...	Preston Meyers
Charlie Korsmo	...	William Lichter
Lauren Ambrose	...	Denise Fleming
Peter Facinelli	...	Mike Dexter
Seth Green	...	Kenny Fisher
Michelle Brookhurst	...	Molly, Girl Whose Party It Is
Alexander Martin	...	Olaf, Exchange Student
Erik Palladino	...	Cousin Ron
Channon Roe	...	Jake, Jock #1
Sean Patrick Thomas	...	Ben, Jock #2
Freddy Rodríguez	...	T.J., Jock #3 (as Freddy Rodriguez)
Joel Michaely	...	Geoff, X-Phile #1
Jay Paulson	...	Murphy, X-Phile #2
Brian Hall	...	Real Homeboy

Alternativ:

The Party (USA) (working title)
Ich kann's kaum erwarten (Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for teen drinking and sexuality, and for language.

Länge:

100 Min | Argentina:101 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

SDDS (as Sony Dynamic Digital Sound) | Dolby Digital

Altersfreigabe:

Canada:14A | Iceland:L | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | France:U | Germany:12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:7 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #35793)

Drehorte:

Dutton's Bookstore - 11975 San Vicente Boulevard, Reseda, Los Angeles, California, USA

Firma:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Dies und das:

The drummer of the band at the party says to the lead singer: "You look like Lestat!" (because of his clothes). This is a reference to Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994).

Pannen:

Crew oder Equipment sichtbar: Actor's mark visible when Denise and Preston are sitting on Preston's car outside the restaurant on the morning after the party.

Dialogzitate:

Preston: This is officially the worst night of my entire life. Thank you very much.
Angel: Try having forty drunk men grabbing your ass, one groom to be throwing up all over you and then have your car break down at 2am and then you can talk to me about having a bad night, OK?

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweist auf/spielt an auf/erwähnt Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)

Soundtrack:

The Mac

Ranks high in its genre

What a sweet movie this is! Predictable all the way, but saved by it's extremely likeable cast: Ethan Embry, as the daydreamer nice guy, Seth Green, showing off is talent in his part as a wigger and the photogenic Jennifer Love Hewitt, who has the part of "perfect girl" down to perfection. (Is there any other way to describe it? She really is that good at it.)

Like most good films in its genre Can't Hardly Wait has many witty moments, pace and charm. The parallels with Fast Times At Ridgemont High are obvious.

Seth Green as a white boy who really would rather have been a black boy is a very funny and to the point social comment. It's a shame, however, that the film can't break loose from the stereotypes that resurface in every teen comedy. There's the blonde bimbos who just look pretty and are armpieces to the jocks. There's the jocks who drink beer and pick on the nerds. There's the nerds who have big glasses and re-enact scenes from Star Wars and the likes. Why don't producers seem able to break away from those stereotypes? The moments where these characters are brought into play, the boring slapstick they engage in... Those are the moments where the film loses it's pace and that's why these films only brush upon interesting subject matter. This is also the reason why new generations won't be bored to watch until the end of this film in twenty years time. I know I changed the channel 30 minutes into Fast Times...

Without the everlasting stereotypes and standard storylines (nice boy wants girl... nerd gets cheerleader for one night or forever more) this kind of film might actually distinguish itself. As long as that doesn't change the rating of this film is likely to remain stuck at 6.3, at which it is stuck right now. That's where the genre deserves to be as it is. I rate this film slightly higher at 7.