Average Rating: 3.8/10
Reviews Counted: 9
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 7
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Release Date: Feb 26, 1997 Wide
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Average Rating: 3.3/5
User Ratings: 3,205
Many a lovesick young man has threatened to camp out by a girl's front door, but one guy actually tries it in this alternately sweet and tasteless romantic comedy. Peter (Josh Schaefer) is a good-natured but socially inept young man who is madly in love with Erica (Keri Russell), the sweet and devastatingly sexy girl next door. Peter desperately wants Erica as his girlfriend, even though she already has a boyfriend, the large and humorless Nick (Johnny Green). Eager to prove himself, Peter takes
Feb 26, 1997 Wide
May 2, 2006
All Critics (15) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (8) | DVD (4)
A highlight of 1997 Slamdance Film Fest, this raunchy romantic comedy has a nice premise--a Romeo who won't take no as an answer--but no narrative or plot to speak of, though two leads are charming and Keri Russell shows potential to become a star.
This is not a totally bad film; it just doesn't have anything new to offer.
Peter watches the neighborhood for entertainment, and, frankly, watching the grass grow would have been more entertaining for me than watching this movie.
Clumsy but delightful.
shallow and uninteresting
Dreadfully, unspeakably bad.
Capsule Review
For some reason I really enjoy this movie. Its an interesting story of young romance and a young man discovering himself through it. Humorous and sweet, it doesn't try too hard to be more than what it is.
April 23, 2010
Keri Russell is the present-day Lindsay Wagner: a vacant, unconvincing actress who looks like she's distracted by something (or stoned).
April 14, 2008
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