Reality Bites (1994)

Voti degli utenti:

6.3/10   

Regista:

Ben Stiller

Sceneggiatore (WGA):

Helen Childress (written by)

Data di uscita:

18 febbraio 1994 (USA)

Genere:

Commedia | Drammatico | Romantico

Slogan:

A comedy about love in the '90s.

Plot:

Generation X Graduates face life after college with a filmmaker looking for work and love in Houston.

Plot Keywords:

Generation X | Valedictorian | Love | Male Female Relationship | Homosexual

Premi:

1 nomination

Recensioni degli utenti:

Breaks my heart every time

Cast

Winona Ryder	...	Lelaina Pierce
Ethan Hawke	...	Troy Dyer
Janeane Garofalo	...	Vickie Miner
Steve Zahn	...	Sammy Gray
Ben Stiller	...	Michael Grates
Swoosie Kurtz	...	Charlane McGregor
Harry O'Reilly	...	Wes McGregor
Susan Norfleet	...	Helen Anne Pierce
Joe Don Baker	...	Tom Pierce
Renée Zellweger	...	Tami (as Renee Zellweger)
James Rothenberg	...	Rick
John Mahoney	...	Grant Gubler
Eric Morgan Stuart	...	Damien (as Eric Stuart)
Barry Del Sherman	...	Grant's Producer (as Barry Sherman)
Chelsea Lagos	...	Troy Groupie

Alias:

Giovani, carini e disoccupati (Italy) [it]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some language, drug content and sensuality.

Durata:

99 min

Nazionalità:

USA

Lingua:

Inglese

Colore:

Colore

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonoro:

DTS

Divieti:

Iceland:L | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Finland:S | Germany:12 | Spain:13 | Sweden:7 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Canada:PG (Ontario)

Luoghi riprese:

Houston, Texas, USA

Compagnia:

Jersey Films

Curiosità:

Screenwriter Helen Childress wrote the character of Lelaina Pierce with Winona Ryder in mind.

Errori:

Continuità: The camera angle changes in the final camcorder shot of Lelaina saying "...and you wondered why we never got involved."

Citazioni:

Lelaina Pierce: I'm not going to work at the Gap for Chrissake!

Collegamenti:

Citato in "The Simpsons: Realty Bites (#9.9)" (1997)

Colonna sonora:

Conjunction Junction

Breaks my heart every time

I really do have difficulty with the short shrift this film seems to get. Admittedly, Ethan Hawke's appaling "I'm nuthin'" doesn't really do the film any favours but that asides, Reality Bites always has me in tears. The basic storyline, centering on a love that both people know exist but due to circumstance and fear has not manifested is so universal, and so well done. The 'my life is falling apart' endless phone calls to the psychic 0900 number part is so tragi-comedic, and the entire movie is full of continuous great scenes. Admittedly, being a single 25 year old white male who originally saw the film a few years back, I was probably caught at the optimal time for it to have an emotional impact, but I find myself going back to it again and again. Winona has never been better, and Janeane Garofalo is stunning as the low self-esteem serial one night stander with the AIDS paranoia and over-full shag book. Also, great cameos from the Soul Asylum geezer and Evan Dando's stunning turn during the end credits add to the film. Overall a stunning film, admittedly which will probably only be appreciated by a relatively narrow demographic.