Manages to serve up new rock, eighties dance music, rap and Barry Manilow -- a combination custom-made to annoy audiences of all ages.
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04/12/02
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... [More]
Starring: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ethan Embry, Charlie Korsmo, Seth Green
Director: Deborah Kaplan, Harry Elfont
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Reviews for Can't Hardly Wait
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03/24/02
I totally loved this movie. My group was aged 28-33, and we laughed, roared, bust a gut laughing, the whole movie.
07/12/01
Most of the film feels a bit trite; too much of it comes off like warmed-over jokes from other teen romp flicks.
02/27/01
With summer vacation imminent, its arrival is an instance of perfect timing.
02/14/01
Top CriticThere's nothing new here, and no great moral insights.
01/01/00
Surprisingly well-realized teen party film.
01/01/00
In between these humorous lines is a series of arguments and conversations between characters, which are more flat than those of real life.
01/01/00
Barry Manilow? Can't hardly wait for it to be over.
01/01/00
The title seems unexpectedly appropriate, as it accurately summed up my feelings about sitting in the theater and anticipating the arrival of the end credits -- I couldn't hardly wait.
01/01/00
Top CriticFlip through any yearbook, and you'll find the stock characters who amusingly populate the teen-age comedy Can't Hardly Wait.
01/01/00
Top CriticThe film might have been good if its writer/director duo had concentrated more on characterizations and less on getting cheap laughs.
01/01/00
A mostly funny, sometimes sentimentally nostalgic look at the last days of the greatest days of most of our lives.
01/01/00
Beyond broad stereotypes and patently obvious social observations, Can't Hardly Wait has very little to offer.
01/01/00
As far as the venerable teen sex comedy goes, this one actually makes it to third base.
01/01/00
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01/01/00
[A] messy throwback to '80s teen comedies.
01/01/00
The directors get good performances from a talented cast.
01/01/00
Top CriticOnly one actress, cherubic redheaded Lauren Ambrose, emerges from this movie with any kind of dignity.
01/01/00
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