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Reality
Bites (1994)
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Directed
by:
Ben Stiller |
COUNTRY
USA |
GENRE
Drama/Romance |
NORWEGIAN TITLE
Reality Bites |
RUNNING
TIME
99 minutes |
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Produced
by:
Danny DeVito
Michael Shamberg |
Written by:
Helen Childress |
Review
A dissection of Generation X and life
as a young adult in the early to mid-90s – a world of camcorders,
cigarettes, apartment sharing, and casual sex. With its trivially
philosophical meanderings and music-video-style, Reality Bites
arguably captured the 1990s zeitgeist better than most comparable
films. And the film has retained its documentarian value, despite a
rather sleight narrative basis. Because, at its core, this is just
another story of guy-gets-girl, where the only looming question is
whether it's the right guy in the end. A love triangle revolving
around a Winona Ryder at the height of her popularity, an aptly
bohemian Ethan Hawke, and a somewhat high-strung Ben Stiller, who
also directed with a surprising amount of panache. Also
with effective supporting work from Janeane Garofalo and a wealth
of great tunes from the era in question. Good fun for people who
remember the 90s.
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