Groove (2000)
Average Rating: 6.1/10
Reviews Counted: 50
Fresh: 28 | Rotten: 22
Though high on energy and great techno tunes, Groove's characters and plotlines are too cliched to be engaging.
Average Rating: 5.5/10
Critic Reviews: 14
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 8
Though high on energy and great techno tunes, Groove's characters and plotlines are too cliched to be engaging.
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Following other indie films about the kinetic, drug-saturated rave culture such as Go (1999) and Human Traffic (1999) comes this ensemble movie, set in San Francisco. At the film's opening, the main characters are introduced at breakneck speed, including Leyla (Lola Glaudini) who recently arrived from New York, Neo-hippie Harmony (MacKenzie Firgens), who is celebrating her birthday with her boyfriend Colin (Denny Kirkwood), and Colin's nerdy brother David (Hamish Linklater), who would much
Jun 9, 2000 Wide
Dec 5, 2000
Sony Pictures Classics
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Cast
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Lola Glaudini
Leyla -
Denny Lee Kirkwood
Colin -
Mackenzie Firgens
Harmony -
Hamish Linklater
David -
Rachel True
Beth Anderson -
Steve Van Wormer
Ernie Townsend -
Nick Offerman
Sgt. Channaham -
Ari Gold
Cliff Rafferty -
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All Critics (65) | Top Critics (19) | Fresh (28) | Rotten (22) | DVD (8)
If this movie achieves anything, it makes you realize how dull parties really are.
Top CriticA little bland, but it puts you in the mood to forgive it: relaxed and mellow and accepting.
Manages to both capture the spirit of a counterculture and reflect on the essentially conventional lives of those who lose themselves in the buzz.
Like drug movies from the 1960s, it's naive, believing that the problems of the straight life can be solved by dropping out and tuning in.
This film seems a little sanitized.
Harrison's eye for detail paints a fairly vivid slice-of-life picture.
A Frankie and Annette picture for the rave crowd.
anything but a cautionary expose. In fact, it's almost an urban fairy tale.
A movie for those in love with the rave scene, and those who are just curious.
The fresh-faced cast of newcomers and edgy, restless camerawork make up for the script's inherent predictability.
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I say this as someone who loved dance music but never had any interest in being part of that scene, this is a really fun ensemble piece that follows a disparate group of people through a rave, all brought together by their love of the music. The only thing that is distracting now is that the cop who wanders through is played by the guy who has now come to fame as Ron Swanson on Parks & Recreation on NBC, so it's hard not to be taken out of the movie by that.
Highly recommended.