Rotten
Kaplan and Elfont provide a real public service by showing how underage binge drinking can boost bookish students' social lives.
Mark Caro, Chicago Tribune
Can't Hardly Wait
Yesterday's history. Tomorrow's the future. Tonight's the party.
1998 · 1h 40m · PG-13
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Harry Elfont
,
Deborah Kaplan
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Can't Hardly Wait
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Harry Elfont Director
- Deborah Kaplan Director
- Jennifer Love Hewitt as Amanda Beckett
- Ethan Embry as Preston Meyers
- Charlie Korsmo as William Lichter
- Lauren Ambrose as Denise Fleming
- Peter Facinelli as Mike Dexter
- Seth Green as Kenny Fisher
- Michelle Brookhurst as Molly Stinson
- Alexander Martin as Olaf
- Erik Palladino as Cousin Ron
- Channon Roe as Jake
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
42%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Fortunately, some of the appealing young performers -- who include Ethan Embry, Charlie Korsmo, Lauren Ambrose and, especially, Seth Green -- manage to emerge from the film's generic suburban-teen backdrop.
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
Rotten
There are signs that Can't Hardly Wait once had more serious aspirations... But in the final edit, at least, it's the dumb, broad slapstick that prevails, short-circuiting identification with the characters before it can begin.
Dave Kehr, New York Daily News
Rotten
The majority of the film is mired in magazine cliches and tired gags. Oh, look, the foreign exchange student only knows how to say he's a sex machine, haw! And the nerd's getting drunk! Hoo!
Melanie McFarland, Seattle Times
Fresh
The film deserves credit, both for its breezy pacing and its uncommon tendency to make its characters smarter and geekier than they might have been.
Stephen Thompson, AV Club
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