![]() Going back and seeing the things I wrote or put on social media when I was in my twenties is always a cringe worthy experience. In my thirties, I found that I was more interested in Janeane Garofalo and Steve Zahn’s characters, as they actually had more interesting stories, seemed more grounded and were infinitely more likable. I couldn’t find myself cheering for them to make it as a couple. They’re selfish, narcissistic, egotistical and complete hypocrites. However, seen outside of twentysomething eyes, they’re not likable characters. Sure, every young person thought Ethan Hawke was cool in this movie and Winona Ryder was sort of this elven looking ’90s girl next door that everyone was crushing on hard. ![]() And really, are these young people different than those of other generations?Įverything I’m saying isn’t really criticism, it’s just my understanding of these things now. If anything, this film serves as a real time capsule to the ’90s. It’s what a big portion of that generation felt and how they saw the world, as they entered it as adults with a very different point-of-view than their Baby Boomer parents. These ideas, these philosophies and the living hypocrisy of those who espoused it was real. It certainly isn’t an inaccurate portrayal of it. If anything, this film is a product of ’90s Generation X culture. However, what I may have thought were good points when I was an angsty teenager (but I laugh at now) can’t simply be dismissed as shitty dialogue. Now, being in my thirties and having survived my twenties, it has a very different effect on me now.Īll the philosophical rantings are just nonsense. But the reality is, I watched this film about struggling twentysomethings before I was even twenty. Watching it nearly a quarter of a century later, I hate most of these characters and just see them as the typical “I’m such a cool counterculture ’90s slacker” type. This was a coming of age movie that I loved when it came out back in 1994. I may do mean things, and I may hurt you, and I may run away without your permission, and you may hate me forever, and I know that scares the living shit outta you ’cause you know I’m the only real thing you got.” – Troy Dyer Jersey Films, Universal Pictures, 99 Minutes Cast: Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke, Ben Stiller, Janeane Garofalo, Steve Zahn, Swoosie Kurtz, Joe Don Baker, John Mahoney, Renee Zellweger, Andy Dick, Keith David, David Spade (uncredited), Anthony Robbins (uncredited), Jeanne Tripplehorn (uncredited)
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