It's all cutely derivative, occasionally charming and very occasionally clever.
Can't Hardly Wait (1998)
Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins
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 into grown-up romance. Will Preston (Ethan Embry)... 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]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ethan Embry, Charlie Korsmo, Seth Green, Lauren Ambrose
Screenwriter: Deborah Kaplan, Harry Elfont
Producer: Jenno Topping, Betty Thomas
Reviews
It's not supposed to be a revelation--just a pleasant rendition of a teen-comedy trope.
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.
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.
Less of a movie and more a collection of 1980s teen movie cliches.
This is the kind of pointless teen schlock one sees on USA Up All Night.
Their characters are heavy-handed stereotypes, but the young actors have the the talent to give them real personality.

