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Can't Hardly Wait

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Can't Hardly Wait (1998)

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Reviews Counted: 46 Fresh: 20  Rotten:26 Average Rating: 5.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins
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 jocks are humiliated, and freshman crushes blossom into grown-up romance. Will Preston (Ethan Embry)... [More]
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. [Less]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ethan Embry, Charlie Korsmo, Seth Green, Lauren Ambrose

Director: Deborah Kaplan, Harry Elfont
Screenwriter: Deborah Kaplan, Harry Elfont
Producer: Jenno Topping, Betty Thomas

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Nov 17, 1998

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It's all cutely derivative, occasionally charming and very occasionally clever.

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A high-spirited, synthetically raucous house-party comedy.

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08/06/07 07:28 PM
Owen Gleiberman
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It's not supposed to be a revelation--just a pleasant rendition of a teen-comedy trope.

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08/06/07 07:27 PM
Lisa Alspector
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John Hughes must be spinning in his grave.

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08/06/07 07:26 PM
Michael O'Sullivan
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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.

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01/05/07 09:14 AM
David Noh
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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.

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07/12/05 07:25 PM
Greg Maki
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There just isn't any sparkle in any of the lead perfs.

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04/09/05 03:37 AM
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02/07/05 03:01 PM
Jeff Otto
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Less of a movie and more a collection of 1980s teen movie cliches.

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05/14/03 05:13 PM
Jim Harrington
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This is the kind of pointless teen schlock one sees on USA Up All Night.

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02/08/03 08:25 AM
John R. McEwen
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A surprisingly engaging teen flick.

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11/07/02 01:22 PM
James Rocchi
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Their characters are heavy-handed stereotypes, but the young actors have the the talent to give them real personality.

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10/15/02 08:21 AM
Margaret A. McGurk
Cincinnati Enquirer
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I enjoyed the enthusiasm, a thing that's getting rare in movies.

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09/10/02 08:21 AM
Kevin N. Laforest
Montreal Film Journal
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