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AMAZING!, January 16, 1999
This review is from: Whatever [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Without a doubt, Whatever was the best movie I've seen in ages. It provides a shocking, yet realistic view of growing up - dealing with peer pressure, sex, drugs, parents, and despite it all, folowing your dreams. This is no fabricated, mass produced Hollywood flick about coming of age - where everybody is flawlessly beautiful and dressed in designer clothes. The portraits painted of the characters will indelibly stay with you. Whatever captures the experience of growing up better than any contemporary film. This is not a sugarey teenybopper film, so it might not be intended for all audiences. You still have to see it though! And for a sidenote: the soundtrack is wonderful and has a bunch of great 80s songs by the Ramones, Patti Smith, the Pretenders, and Iggy Pop.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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The fragile bonds of friendship, December 1, 1999
This review is from: Whatever [VHS] (VHS Tape)
This movie, believe it or not, is not about how much pot you can smoke, how much alcohol you can drink, or how much sex you can have. It's about testing the limits of oneself at a point in life where everything is unsure. Are your friends right for you? How far should you go to protect and love them? Ultimately, this is a tale of someone who must find out through actions what the right decision is for herself. Liza Weil is a wonderful actress and portrays Anna Stockard with perfection.
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More than just Teen Spirit, April 10, 1999
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This review is from: Whatever [VHS] (VHS Tape)
You could call it teen angst, or you could call it an exceedingly honest portrayal of being a teenager, or you could call it a bildungsroman. I am completely entranced by this film -- it is completely honest, if a tad blunt in scenes like Brenda (best friend) cooing over a baby, having sex with everything with somethin' hanging between his legs, and her boyfriend making fun of his sister's pregnancy all at once. Other more subtle references make this film what it is, a very powerful version of the all-american film of an all-american coming of age. In spite of the bluntness of such scenes and characters, the powerful sense of aloneness and simultaneous desire to be like everyone else is (namely happy) make this movie worth every minute. And, from out of nowhere, a John Prine cover, "Angel From Montgomery," thrown in amongst Stevie Nicks' and David Bowie's classic eighties pop, brings it all together for me.
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