Can't Hardly Wait (1998)
Average Rating: 5.4/10
Reviews Counted: 45
Fresh: 20 | Rotten: 25
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Average Rating: 5.4/10
Critic Reviews: 12
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 7
No consensus yet.
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After the Huntington Hills High graduation ceremony, the fun gets underway at the graduation party where an assortment of jocks, geeks, prom queens, bimbos, headbangers, and nerdy misfits unload four years' worth of emotional baggage at a house where the hostess (Michelle Brookhurst) loses control of her guests. Writer wannabe Preston Meyers (Ethan Embry) has been in love with Amanda (Jennifer Love Hewitt of Party of Five) since the first time he saw her during their freshman year. His tormented
Jun 12, 1998 Wide
Nov 17, 1998
Columbia Pictures
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Cast
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Jennifer Love Hewitt
Amanda -
Ethan Embry
Preston -
Charlie Korsmo
William -
Lauren Ambrose
Denise -
Peter Facinelli
Mike -
Seth Green
Kenny -
Michelle Brookhurst
girl whose party it is -
Alexander Martin
Exchange Student -
Erik Palladino
Cousin Ron -
Breckin Meyer
Lead singer of the band -
Jerry O'Connell
Trip McNieley -
Sara Rue
Earth Girl -
Selma Blair
Girl Mike Hits On #1 -
Melissa Joan Hart
Yearbook Girl (Vicki) -
Jaime Pressly
Girlfriend #1 (Beth) -
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Chris Owen
Klepto Kid
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All Critics (47) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (21) | Rotten (27) | DVD (15)
A high-spirited, synthetically raucous house-party comedy.
It's not supposed to be a revelation--just a pleasant rendition of a teen-comedy trope.
John Hughes must be spinning in his grave.
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.
Manages to serve up new rock, eighties dance music, rap and Barry Manilow -- a combination custom-made to annoy audiences of all ages.
With summer vacation imminent, its arrival is an instance of perfect timing.
Boozy party movie where losing inhibitions pays off.
A surprisingly sweet teen comedy that keeps the sex under the covers and off-screen, opting instead for a John Hughes-style exploration of the teen world. It's a little more intelligent and a little better than the average teen fare, and in Blu-ray it loo
It's all cutely derivative, occasionally charming and very occasionally clever.
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.
There just isn't any sparkle in any of the lead perfs.
Less of a movie and more a collection of 1980s teen movie cliches.
This is the kind of pointless teen schlock one sees on USA Up All Night.
Audience Reviews for Can't Hardly Wait
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- William: Hey! I know this song. The guy I tutored in math used to make me listen to it.
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- Denise: Do you know what your problem is? It's like you're afraid to move forward. Now why do you wanna go to this party tonight and look back? Don't look back. You should never look back.
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