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Whatever (1998)

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Reviews Counted:16

Fresh:12

Rotten:4

Average Rating:6.3/10

Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: An honest, realistic depiction of female adolescence set awash the "whatever" world of the 1980's. Anna is an aspiring painter who wants nothing more than to flee her boring New Jersey town and... An honest, realistic depiction of female adolescence set awash the "whatever" world of the 1980's. Anna is an aspiring painter who wants nothing more than to flee her boring New Jersey town and depressing family life. Knowing she can't leave immediately, she loses herself in boys and drugs, trying to survive and not succumb to the pressures that are out to drown her. [More]

Starring: Liza Weil, Chad Morgan, Kathryn Rossetter, Frederic Forrest

Starring: Liza Weil, Chad Morgan, Kathryn Rossetter, Frederic Forrest, Gary Wolf, Dan Montano, John G. Connolly

Director: Susan Skoog

Director: Susan Skoog
Screenwriter: Susan Skoog
Producer: Susan Skoog, Kevin Segalla, Michelle Yahn, Ellen Baumel
Composer: Walter Salas-Humara

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James Sanford

While Skoog loads the soundtrack with such can't-miss classics as the Pretenders' 'Mystery Achievement' and Blondie's 'The Hardest Part,' too much of her sluggish screenplay brings to mind another Blondie song, 'Will Anything Happen?'

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