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Can't Hardly Wait

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Can't Hardly Wait (1998)

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Reviews Counted: 46

Fresh: 20

Rotten:26

Average Rating: 5.3/10

Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: It's graduation day at Huntington Hills High, and you know what that means - time to party. And not just any party, either. This one will be a night to remember, as the nerds become studs, the jocks are humiliated, and freshman crushes blossom... It's graduation day at Huntington Hills High, and you know what that means - time to party. And not just any party, either. This one will be a night to remember, as the nerds become studs, the jocks are humiliated, and freshman crushes blossom into grown-up romance. Will Preston (Ethan Embry) finally talk to teen queen Amanda (Jennifer Love Hewitt)? Will whiteboy rapper Special K (Seth Green) hook up? Writing/directing team Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont (JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS) pay loving tribute to the 1980's teen films they obviously adore, updating the genre for a new generation of young people. [More]

Starring: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ethan Embry, Charlie Korsmo, Seth Green

Starring: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ethan Embry, Charlie Korsmo, Seth Green, Lauren Ambrose, Peter Facinelli, Jaime Pressly

Director: Deborah Kaplan, Harry Elfont

Director: Deborah Kaplan, Harry Elfont
Screenwriter: Deborah Kaplan, Harry Elfont
Producer: Jenno Topping, Betty Thomas

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Sep 30, 2008

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DVD Features:

  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French, Spanish
  • Subtitles - English, French, Spanish - Optional

Reviews for Can't Hardly Wait

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Garth Franklin
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06/18/02
Luke Buckmaster
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The film is something of a mess.

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It's all cutely derivative, occasionally charming and very occasionally clever.

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08/06/07
Maitland McDonagh
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A high-spirited, synthetically raucous house-party comedy.

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08/06/07
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
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It's not supposed to be a revelation--just a pleasant rendition of a teen-comedy trope.

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08/06/07
Lisa Alspector
Chicago Reader
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John Hughes must be spinning in his grave.

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08/06/07
Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post
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A decidedly healthy antidote to the hate-driven, ghoulishly cynical bloodlettings of Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer and the rest of that sick ilk.

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01/05/07
David Noh
Film Journal International
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A failed attempt to recapture the exuberant magic of such highschool movie classics as American Graffiti, this is a loud and boisterous comedy, in which the entire action is set during an interminably long graduation night.

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05/30/06
Emanuel Levy
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07/27/05
Emanuel Levy
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07/12/05
Greg Maki
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There just isn't any sparkle in any of the lead perfs.

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04/09/05
Robin Clifford
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02/07/05
Jeff Otto
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Less of a movie and more a collection of 1980s teen movie cliches.

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10/12/04
Dragan Antulov
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07/23/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
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Sarah Chauncey
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10/10/03
Rebecca Murray
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05/14/03
Jim Harrington
Palo Alto Weekly
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This is the kind of pointless teen schlock one sees on USA Up All Night.

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02/08/03
John R. McEwen
Film Quips Online
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A surprisingly engaging teen flick.

Full Review Source: Netflix | comment Comment
11/07/02
James Rocchi
Netflix
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