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Reality Bites
- Director: Ben Stiller
- Writer: Helen Childress
- Producer: Danny DeVito; Bill Finnegan
CGiii Comment
Stiller directing?!?
Fuck – where does this man’s ego end?
It’s all just generation X and paranoia.
If Stiller was trying to deliver a message to the world he would be better equipped if he were a postman.
Painful drivel from a spoiled brat about spoiled brats possibly written by a feminist brat.
Stale and, halfway through, it derails and becomes mouldy.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
In this study of Generation X manners, Lelaina, the valedictorian of her college class, camcords her friends in a mock documentary of posteducation life. Troy is her best friend, a perpetually unemployed musical slacker. Vickie is a manager at the Gap who worries about the results of an AIDS test, while Sammy has problems grappling with his sexuality. When Lelaina meets Michael, an earnest video executive who takes her homemade video to his MTV-like station, she must decide what she values--the materialism of yuppie Michael or the philosophical musings of Troy.
Cast & Characters
Winona Ryder as Lelaina Pierce;
Ethan Hawke as Troy Dyer;
Janeane Garofalo as Vickie Miner;
Steve Zahn as Sammy Gray;
Ben Stiller as Michael Grates;
Swoosie Kurtz as Charlane McGregor;
Harry O'Reilly as Wes McGregor;
Susan Norfleet as Helen Anne Pierce;
Joe Don Baker as Tom Pierce;
Renee Zellweger as Tami;
James Rothenberg as Rick;
John Mahoney as Grant Gubler;
Eric Morgan Stuart as Damien;
Barry Del Sherman as Grant's Producer;
Chelsea Lagos as Troy Groupie