Surprisingly well-realized teen party film.
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01/01/00
Can't Hardly Wait (1998)
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Reviews Counted:45
Fresh:20
Rotten:25
Average Rating:5.4/10
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... [More]
Starring: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ethan Embry, Charlie Korsmo, Seth Green
Director: Deborah Kaplan, Harry Elfont
Reviews for Can't Hardly Wait
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07/23/04
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.
01/05/07
A surprisingly engaging teen flick.
11/07/02
Flip through any yearbook, and you'll find the stock characters who amusingly populate the teen-age comedy Can't Hardly Wait.
01/01/00
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05/14/03
A mostly funny, sometimes sentimentally nostalgic look at the last days of the greatest days of most of our lives.
01/01/00
I totally loved this movie. My group was aged 28-33, and we laughed, roared, bust a gut laughing, the whole movie.
07/12/01
I enjoyed the enthusiasm, a thing that's getting rare in movies.
09/10/02
With summer vacation imminent, its arrival is an instance of perfect timing.
02/14/01
Top CriticIt's not supposed to be a revelation--just a pleasant rendition of a teen-comedy trope.
08/06/07
It's all cutely derivative, occasionally charming and very occasionally clever.
08/06/07
As far as the venerable teen sex comedy goes, this one actually makes it to third base.
01/01/00
Their characters are heavy-handed stereotypes, but the young actors have the the talent to give them real personality.
10/15/02
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01/01/00
The directors get good performances from a talented cast.
01/01/00
A high-spirited, synthetically raucous house-party comedy.
08/06/07
It's hard not to find charms in a teen comedy that's lively, moderately intelligent and effective in its portrayal of high school social dynamics.
01/01/00
Essentially a John Hughes piece on speed.
01/01/00
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