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10/12/08
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Reality Bites (1993)
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Reviews Counted:41
Fresh:26
Rotten:15
Average Rating:5.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Lelaina Pierce (Winona Ryder) faces life after college, using a video documentary about her confused and drifting friends to advance her ambitions in the entertainment industry. When a video... [More]
Starring: Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke, Ben Stiller, Janeane Garofalo
Director: Ben Stiller
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Reviews for Reality Bites
A surprisingly sweet romantic comedy debut from Ben Stiller.
05/09/08
A romantic heart, caustic wit, and the energy of its fresh cast ensure the film's continued appeal.
05/09/08
Although it never became the definitive document of Generation X, Reality Bites is a touchstone for anyone just out of college and stuck with more ideals than job prospects, not to mention a head full of bad-TV trivia.
08/14/07
Top CriticIn 1994, the novelty of seeing a romantic comedy written and directed by, as well as starring, people in their early 20s made for a certain freshness, but after a point this 'youthfulness' consists of little more than TV references.
08/07/07
Top CriticIt's often genuinely funny -- but it's still an establishment picture pretending it's not.
08/07/07
Reality Bites begins as a promising and eccentric tale of contemporary youth but evolves into a banal love story as predictable as any lush Hollywood affair.
08/07/07
Top CriticBen Stiller's feature directorial debut is a zeitgeust comedy, whose significance is more sociological than cinematic--It's "The Big Chill" for the twentysomething crowd in the Age of Clinton and AIDS.
01/30/07
Gen Xers looking for a good time probably found themselves cheated at having been pigeonholed like this and watching the film's fun, ironic beginning give way to goopy pathos.
05/26/06
There's probably a moderate little romantic comedy crying to get out here, but the film's vain striving for casual hip proves suffocatingly obtrusive.
02/09/06
insightful and engaging
11/08/04
Intensely likeable
06/07/04
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02/08/04
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08/20/03
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08/01/03
Already a period piece, but what fun
05/30/03
Like the generation it presents so appealingly, it doesn't see any point in getting all bent out of shape and overambitious. But it knows how to hang out and have a great time.
05/20/03
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