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53% Tomatometer 15 Reviews 76% Popcornmeter 5,000+ Ratings
In Los Angeles, a colorful assortment of bohemians tries to make sense of their intersecting lives. The moody Dark Smith (James Duval), his bisexual girlfriend (Rachel True), her lesbian lover (Kathleen Robertson) and their shy gay friend (Nathan Bexton) plan on attending the wildest party of the year. But they'll only make it if they can survive the drug trips, suicides, trysts, rapes, mutilations and alien abductions that occur as one surreal day unfolds.
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Jared Richards The Age (Australia) Aug 24, 2026
5/5
Powered by an immense ’90s soundtrack (30-plus songs in its 82-minute runtime), Nowhere’s parody-indulgence of the era’s alt-nihilism is absurd, deeply evocative and undeniably cool. Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy Variety Jul 23, 2006
2/5
Spinning his wheels, Araki has made yet another film about disaffected youth, and while thematically, Nohere has nothing new to offer, there are some minor visual rewards; film's title also describes Araki's lack of direction. Go to Full Review Scott Nye Battleship Pretension Nov 21, 2024
Nowhere is a total explosion of ambition, originally crafted as a TV pilot and crammed with enough characters to fill several seasons, it chases them for 78 relentless minutes through the hills and valleys of Los Angeles and existence itself. Go to Full Review D.M. Palmer Vague Visages Nov 9, 2023
It is the cinematic equivalent of shoegaze music — dreamy and disorienting in equal measure, evincing a disquieting sensuality filled with stark close-ups, disconcerting angles and fractured editing. Go to Full Review Bob Satuloff The Advocate Jun 6, 2022
Viewers who can tune their mental dials to [Araki's] wavelength are likely to marvel at his ability to pile on the excess with hair-raising exuberance, then extract from the rubble images of startling beauty and nuggets of genuine feeling. Go to Full Review Michael Atkinson Spin Apr 18, 2022
Araki is very skillful at textual stealth attacks, allowing melancholy to emerge from rampaging static, and vice versa. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Ryan K @RT74060601 Mar 5, 2024 So much fun, especially if you grew up in the nineties. I was dying laughing in some parts, others were ridiculous (I don't blame anyone for not liking the movie), but the ending actually had me almost at tears. A totally fun, random late night watch See more Jun 16, 2019 Highly effective at being affecting. Araki achieves what he sets out to do: follow the life of one person during one day in Los Angeles, with all the Hollywood stars doing cameos. The plot was to lead ...nowhere...because this was a look at disaffected youth and their lives in 1997. See more Feb 2, 2017 Reminded me of The Doom Generation, same style of filming and acting. Co-starring a young (18) Mena Suvari, how could you go wrong? More of a film for older teens and younger adults, I was 22 when it was released, so I'm old now and I'll still play it for my younger friends and family members who always say "another one of your weird movies...". Yeah, it's a weird movie. Worth checking out if you're in to this genre, not so much if you're in to the more mainstream styles of movies. It's not really serious, although it does touch on some serious issues. The characters Surf & Ski are my personal favorite; they're good looking blonde twin boys who talk in unison - very creative, I thought so anyway. Enjoy. See more May 15, 2015 This would appear to be Araki doing his best John Waters impersonation. The problem? Waters never worried about being cool. This entire movie is a mess. See more Jul 30, 2014 I have yet to see all of Araki's works before this film, but I think, from what I have seen, Nowhere marked the turning point from a hasty film-student style to a more mature style that isn't bogged down by fancy editing or a domineering soundtrack. There are still problems here though, namely that Araki doesn't seem to be telling us anything important or even all that interesting with his characters. Still, this film shows how Araki was discovering the style that would later make his film Mysterious Skin such a haunting masterpiece. See more Jun 2, 2014 Drugs, violence, sex, and an amazing soundtrack. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Gregg Araki

Director

James Duval

Dark Smith

Rachel True

Mel

Nathan Bexton

Montgomery

Chiara Mastroianni

Kriss

Debi Mazar

Kozy

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Synopsis In Los Angeles, a colorful assortment of bohemians tries to make sense of their intersecting lives. The moody Dark Smith (James Duval), his bisexual girlfriend (Rachel True), her lesbian lover (Kathleen Robertson) and their shy gay friend (Nathan Bexton) plan on attending the wildest party of the year. But they'll only make it if they can survive the drug trips, suicides, trysts, rapes, mutilations and alien abductions that occur as one surreal day unfolds.
Director
Gregg Araki
Producer
Gregg Araki, Andrea Sperling
Screenwriter
Gregg Araki
Distributor
Fine Line Features
Production Co
Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC), Blurco, Why Not Productions, Desperate Pictures
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 9, 1997, Original
Rerelease Date (Theaters)
Nov 3, 2023
Box Office (Gross USA)
$172.7K
Runtime
1h 23m
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