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A straight-A teen explores Portland's rock scene.A straight-A teen explores Portland's rock scene.A straight-A teen explores Portland's rock scene.
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Portia de Rossi
- Carla
- (as Portia De Rossi)
Christopher Masterson
- Richard
- (as Christopher Kennedy Masterson)
Katharine Towne
- Marjorie
- (as Kate Towne)
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Did you know
- TriviaIn real life, Dominique Swain was a straight-A student as well, just like her character.
- GoofsWhile Andrea is dancing during The Badheads/Thriftstore Apocalypse first song, Cybil's lips don't match up with the vocals she is supposedly singing.
- Quotes
Todd: [sitting down at the piano] :... I wanna play something for you. It's not finished yet, but... I don't know, I just kinda want you to...
Andrea: [thinking] ... get naked?
Todd: ...hear it anyway.
[Todd starts singing 4 lines of a sad song]
Andrea: [thinking] He sang with passion, he sang with pain...
[Todd finished singing]
Andrea: [thinking] ... he sang for about 20 seconds!
- ConnectionsFeatured in Beyond Clueless (2014)
- SoundtracksI Will Arrive
Performed by Melissa Ferrick
Written by Melissa Ferrick and Rob Laufer
Courtesy of W.A.R.? What Are Records? Ltd.
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Threeway
The setup is all too familiar: we have a girl who wonders about life. She has sex, is disappointed in love (always mildly by our measures) and thus "grows up."
Its a persistent fiction that is glued into filmdom and god knows how many lives it has bent.
But as these go, this one isn't as tendentious as the others. I think that's because of the triple narrative structure.
The main narrative is the girl (here Dominique Swain fresh from "Lolita"), who tells us what is going on in her mind. Thhings like "I wish I could grow up." Sometimes her narration is her thoughts in the story rather than over it, such as when she says something polite but is thinking something rude.
The second narrative is the story we see of course. Naturally, all the sex is akin to dreamy cuddling.
The third narrative is embedded in the story, the narrative of incisive rock songs. Indeed, they are rock songs about the very stuff of the story and inspired by the story itself. The three are woven together, each commenting on the other.
Few young viewers will notice, but this is pretty sophisticated storytelling. Even though every thing in it is empty and borrowed, the whole seems much fresher.
Ted's Evaluation -- 2 of 3: Has some interesting elements.
Its a persistent fiction that is glued into filmdom and god knows how many lives it has bent.
But as these go, this one isn't as tendentious as the others. I think that's because of the triple narrative structure.
The main narrative is the girl (here Dominique Swain fresh from "Lolita"), who tells us what is going on in her mind. Thhings like "I wish I could grow up." Sometimes her narration is her thoughts in the story rather than over it, such as when she says something polite but is thinking something rude.
The second narrative is the story we see of course. Naturally, all the sex is akin to dreamy cuddling.
The third narrative is embedded in the story, the narrative of incisive rock songs. Indeed, they are rock songs about the very stuff of the story and inspired by the story itself. The three are woven together, each commenting on the other.
Few young viewers will notice, but this is pretty sophisticated storytelling. Even though every thing in it is empty and borrowed, the whole seems much fresher.
Ted's Evaluation -- 2 of 3: Has some interesting elements.
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- Jul 10, 2005
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- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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