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Fresh:4
Rotten:4
Average Rating:5.6/10
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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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.
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.
Top CriticReality 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.
Top CriticLike 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.
Top Critic[Childress and Stiller] encapsulate an era.
Top CriticBeneath a thin veneer of style lie buried all the old cliches and formulas of typical romantic comedies.
Top CriticThe story may not be new, but it is as fresh as the film's new faces.
Top CriticWhat unwritten law prevented the makers of Reality Bites from observing that their heroine can't shoot video worth a damn, that their hero is a jerk, and that their villain is the most interesting person in the movie?
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