Where the Day Takes You (1992)

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
King	Dermot Mulroney
Greg	Sean Astin
Little J	Balthazar Getty
Heather	Lara Flynn Boyle
Tommy Ray	Peter Dobson
Brenda	Ricki Lake
Crasher	James LeGros
Manny	Will Smith
The Interviewer	Laura San Giacomo
Officer Black	Adam Baldwin
Ted	Kyle MacLachlan	½
Vikki	Nancy McKeon
Kimmy	Alyssa Milano
Rob	David Arquette
Officer Landers	Rachel Ticotin
Charles	Stephen Tobolowsky
Social worker	Christian Slater

Review

With an ensemble cast which read like a who's who in young, up-and-coming generation X actors and an appealing storyline in which writer/director Marc Rocco tried to get the lowdown on lowdown living among not so aspiring youths in Hollywood, Where the Day Takes You would appear to have everything going for it. And disregarding the fact that the entire plot is revealed in the title, the film has got its fair share of fine moments – almost all of which owe their merit to fine acting and/or characterizations. Among the highlights are the scenes between Balthazar Getty and Stephen Tobolowsky, as well as Kyle MacLachlan's brilliant portrayal of a completely unscrupulous drug dealer. Unfortunately, the film isn't able to make any lasting impression, since Rocco ultimately resorts to a few too many Hollywood cliches in order to wrap up his increasingly faltering plot.