Fresh
Ryder and Hawke bring crucial authenticity to their roles with effortless appeal. You'll find yourself wanting more of these characters than the movie gives you.
Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times
Reality Bites
A comedy about love in the '90s
1994 · 1h 38m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Ben Stiller
Overview
A small circle of friends suffering from post-collegiate blues must confront the hard truth about life, love and the pursuit of gainful employment. As they struggle to map out survival guides for the future, the Gen-X quartet soon begins to realize that reality isn't all it's cracked up to be.
Director and cast
- Ben Stiller Director
- 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
- Renée Zellweger as Tami
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
61%
Tomatometer
Fresh
However conventional Reality Bites resolves to be, it is always engaging. Best of all, Ryder has her greatest role since Heathers, once again proving herself a seriously funny young actress.
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
Rotten
It's a good example of an anti-establishment comedy crippled by a seeming desire to infatuate the establishment itself. What Reality Bites needs most is a good bite. From reality.
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
Fresh
Among the movie's strengths are the performances, especially that of Ryder, who comes across as bright, beautiful and more delicate than ever before.
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
Rotten
When the movie is over, you don't feel as if you had shared the experience of a new generation; you feel puzzled and vaguely crummy, as if you had just read a solemn news-magazine cover story about it.
Terrence Rafferty, New Yorker
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