Reality Bites 1994 123movies

#123movies #fmovies #putlocker #gomovies #solarmovie #soap2day Watch Full Movie Online Free – In this study of Generation X manners, Lelaina, the valedictorian of her college class, camcords her friends in a mock documentary of posteducation life. Troy is her best friend, a perpetually unemployed musical slacker. Vickie is a manager at the Gap who worries about the results of an AIDS test, while Sammy has problems grappling with his sexuality. When Lelaina meets Michael, an earnest video executive who takes her homemade video to his MTV-like station, she must decide what she values–the materialism of yuppie Michael or the philosophical musings of Troy.
Plot: 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.
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Ratings:

	6.6/10 Votes: 46,268
	66%
	67/100
	6.6 Votes: 479 Popularity: 10.847

Reviews:

the film of the 90s Grunge generation
I love this film; Ethan Hawke is brilliant and really does sum up the ‘searcher’ generation, the new Beat. Grunge in this film is typified by over-intelligent, under-achieving, dope induced philosophical musings and desire to make a difference but not knowing how to go about it in world where young people feel anonymous and disenfranchised and dealing with modern day issues; coming out, HIV tests, unemployment, friendship, love and life aspirations.

I think this is perfectly cast, loads of familiar faces, and I think this is my favourite role of Winona Ryder. Steve Zahn and Janeane Garofalo were great and the comedy, and Ben Stiller (who also directed) is good despite being an atypical role for him, and is one of his best roles. Ethan Hawke, however, is the deserved lead in this snapshot of reality, and a showcase of his band/singing. This is a well cast and performed ensemble cast production, and there are truisms left right and centre; it speaks to the heart & soul and is relevant to the 90s generation and I’m sure has relevance to later decades and has – IMHO – aged well. It is super-funny, touching and enlightening; something for everyone who’s young enough and old enough. Even after 20 years it’s one of my favourite films and watching it gives me such a warm feeling.

Resonates with me
I really enjoyed this movie. Looking back in hindsight, I can see the selfishness of the characters, and I have read the complaints about this, but isn’t that kind of the whole point of the movie? It’s about people talking about not “selling out” while at the same time they ARE “selling out” in many different ways. They (the characters in the movie) are all consumers who satirize the very idea of “consumerism” but refuse to “stoop down to the level” of getting menial jobs to try and pay the bills. The movie defines for me how education isn’t everything and from my own experience I have learned that sometimes the “great dream” (of being a writer, artist, musician, etc.) just doesn’t pay the bills and in order to make decent money one may have to go into a field that is not originally their first choice as a means of employment. I remember being young and wistful, with dreams of being an artist, only to have to “settle” for an office job to make ends meet.

The movie does express what life was like for me at the time. I was a naive student with dreams of producing great artistic work, but who learned that what is taught in college as “reality” is not really reality at all. College students are fed with lofty artistic statements and philosophies and are taught to analyze endless aspects of society, ideals, etc., and are taught that “knowledge and education are power” but are not taught that credibility and respect are things which must be earned and that very few people actually start out at the top of the career ladder.

Overall, this continues to be one of my favorite films and I appreciate the myriad of messages that it sends, though they may, at times, be contradictory.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 39 min (99 min)
Budget 11500000
Revenue 20079850
Status Released
Rated PG-13
Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director Ben Stiller
Writer Helen Childress
Actors Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke, Janeane Garofalo, Steve Zahn
Country USA
Awards 1 win & 1 nomination.
Production Company Universal Pictures, Jersey Films
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix DTS
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Panavision Cameras and Lenses
Laboratory Consolidated Film Industries (CFI), Hollywood (CA), USA
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm