Cant Hardly Wait starring Jennifer
Love Hewitt, Ethan Embry, Charlie
Korsmo, Lauren Ambrose, Peter
Facinelli
A Cult Classic Finally Gets A Special Edition
Every 7-10 years, there's a teen comedy that might not be particularly
brilliant but is very enjoyable and works just a little harder at winning your
affection. The characters are slightly more real than their stereotypes even
if the storyline is pretty standard. It makes you wish that the lazy
screenwriters of other high school movies would actually put in the same
miniscule effort. Usually you know which movie it is by the fact that you
know many of the actors from later material. In the early 80s, the movie
was Fast Times at Ridgemont High (Widescreen Special Edition) (which
the AV Club has called Hollywood's Yearbook). In the early 90s, it was
Dazed & Confused (Widescreen Flashback Edition) and in 1998, it was
this one.
Even though the characters are very standard - the white kid that acts
black, the serious girl, the teen queen, the evil jock, the nerd, the stoner
(although the unfortunate decision to make this PG-13 ran up against the
draconian MPAA's iron fist so the stoners must pretend otherwise as if this
is the Golden Age of Censorship) - the actors playing them get more
leverage out of them and the script lets them be more than their roles.
Peter Farinelli's evil jock character is capable of sweetness if only when
wasted. Charlie Korsmo as the nerd that loosens up is almost believeable
as both the nerd and the nerd that everyone wants to make out with. Seth
Green broke out of his Buffy rut and went all out for a character that could
have been just a joke. The main character wanting to get with J ennifer
Love Hewitt is boring, but when has the main plot in these ensemble teen
movies ever been fun? (Was there even a main plot in Dazed &
COnfused? I think the football player refusing to sign the drug statement
counts)
And what's even more fun from the 10 year anniversary perspective is the
presence of actors that you know and like in supporting roles. You get
Amber Benson as banana girl, Jason Siegal lovingly eating a watermelon
(and 11 years later that seems to be his main acting choice on How I Met
Your Mother: Season Four - but it's still funny) and Donald Faison as the
drummer that wants to wear the cowboy hat.
The original commentary track is pretty standard (Seth Green's fake British
accent is annoying and I'm happy that they stop it 15 minute s in) but the 10
year anniversary track is one of those drinking commentary tracks that
people just love. And it's completely appropriate and worth the price.
All in all, this is one of those movies that's consistently enjoyable. Not too
deep but invested enough in its characters to overcome the cliches of the
genre. And the 10 year commentary puts everything into perspective, as
this is the movie that makes viewers feel like they are coming back home
to see old friends.
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