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jim [ 8.0 ]
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There's a lot to like about Cameron Crowe's second directorial outing (and second Seattle film) -- the talented cast, the terrific soundtrack featuring Paul Westerberg's first post-Replacements work and all the grunge you can eat. Not to mention Crowe's winning sense of humor and unerring ear for dialogue. And yet the whole somehow manages to be less than the sum of the parts. The episodic structure has something to do with it -- the chapter titles interrupt the narrative, making you aware that you're watching a movie. Also, the somewhat distracting Debbie subplot could have been scrapped, with the extra screen time going to the Steve-Linda and Janet-Cliff storylines, which are the real core of the film.
All in all, a good movie that could have been great.
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JD [ 7.0 ]
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Great cast including Matt Dillon and Bridget Fonda look at single life in the 90's. It's a reality check for those of us who were single in those days, and the soundtrack is awesome as well.
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Love_Spoon [ 7.0 ]
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Singles is the movie about the 90s Seattle Sound. It's actually several individual stories that connect into one group of friends, much like TV's Friends, except in Seattle, and about ten years ago. Somewhat funny, like when Bridget Fonda bends over backwards to try and please grunge rocker Matt Dillon, only to be snubbed on several occasions; so she stops, which turns the tables and now he is attracted to her. There's a great soundtrack that goes along with the film which features artists like Soundgarden, Smashing Pumpkins, and Jimi Hendrix, but in spite of that, there really wasn't a lot else to hold me to this film. Pretty good as a look at that particular slice of society, but all in all, kind of blah.
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Dancing_P [ 7.0 ]
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Singles could be considered the pre-Friends. Before there was Friends, there was this romantic comedy following a group of twenty-somethings looking for love in Seattle. They’re all attractive, they all live within a stone’s throw of each other, they pretty much all slept with one another at one point… what Singles has over Friends is that the movie’s not long enough to make the characters do completely stupid things and go down subplots that make no sense. Although it’s very typically 1992 (Matt Dillon’s character plays in a grunge band composed of… Pearl Jam), it’s a pleasant enough romantic comedy. The main focus here is around the characters played by Campbell Scott and Kyra Sedgwick, who have am on-off relationship throughout the course of the film. It’s pretty astute in many ways and Cameron Crowe’s quasi-obsessive choice of music is perfect… but Singles doesn’t really seem to have very big aspirations. This is okay, I suppose… but a 99-minute-long sitcom, no matter how good, is still a sitcom. The actors are all very good; for those who like to play spot-the-famous-face, you’ll find James LeGros, Eric Stoltz, Jeremy Piven, Peter Horton, Tom Skerrit, Christopher Masterson (of Malcom in the Middle fame), Paul Giamatti, Tim Burton, Victor Garber and members of Soundgard and Alice in Chains. A good rental.
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| Weighted Rating | : 6.7 |
| No. Ratings | : 11 | |
| No. Reviews | : 5 | |
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