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All I Wanna Do!

Original title: Strike!
  • 1998
  • PG-13
  • 1h 37m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
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Rachael Leigh Cook, Kirsten Dunst, Gaby Hoffmann, and Monica Keena in All I Wanna Do! (1998)
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In the 1960s, a group of friends at an all-girls' school learn that their school is going to be combined with a nearby all-boys' school. They concoct a plan to save their school while dealin... Read allIn the 1960s, a group of friends at an all-girls' school learn that their school is going to be combined with a nearby all-boys' school. They concoct a plan to save their school while dealing with their everyday problems.In the 1960s, a group of friends at an all-girls' school learn that their school is going to be combined with a nearby all-boys' school. They concoct a plan to save their school while dealing with their everyday problems.

  • Director
    • Sarah Kernochan
  • Writer
    • Sarah Kernochan
  • Stars
    • Kirsten Dunst
    • Lynn Redgrave
    • Gaby Hoffmann
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    8K
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    • Director
      • Sarah Kernochan
    • Writer
      • Sarah Kernochan
    • Stars
      • Kirsten Dunst
      • Lynn Redgrave
      • Gaby Hoffmann
    • 64User reviews
    • 22Critic reviews
    • 60Metascore
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    Kirsten Dunst
    Kirsten Dunst
    • Verena von Stefan
    Lynn Redgrave
    Lynn Redgrave
    • Miss McVane
    Gaby Hoffmann
    Gaby Hoffmann
    • Odette
    Rachael Leigh Cook
    Rachael Leigh Cook
    • Abigail 'Abby' Sawyer
    Tom Guiry
    Tom Guiry
    • 'Frosty' Frost
    • (as Thomas Guiry)
    Vincent Kartheiser
    Vincent Kartheiser
    • Snake - Flat Critter
    Monica Keena
    Monica Keena
    • Tinka Parker
    Matthew Lawrence
    Matthew Lawrence
    • Dennis
    Heather Matarazzo
    Heather Matarazzo
    • Theresa 'Tweety' Goldberg
    Merritt Wever
    Merritt Wever
    • Maureen 'Momo' Haines
    Robert Bockstael
    • Frank Dewey
    Brenda Devine
    • Miss Phipps
    Rosemary Dunsmore
    Rosemary Dunsmore
    • Page Sawyer
    Nigel Bennett
    Nigel Bennett
    • Harvey Sawyer
    Jenny Parsons
    Jenny Parsons
    • Mrs. Dewey
    Dorothy Gordon
    Dorothy Gordon
    • Mrs. O'Boyle
    Michael J. Reynolds
    Michael J. Reynolds
    • Mr. Armstrong
    • (as Michael Reynolds)
    Caterina Scorsone
    Caterina Scorsone
    • Susie
    • Director
      • Sarah Kernochan
    • Writer
      • Sarah Kernochan
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    famousgir1

    Cute Teen Film!

    Strike is a great teen 'girl-power type' film with a cool cast including: Kirsten Dunst, Gaby Hoffmann, Monica Keena and Heather Matarazzo who are all brilliant in their roles. Might I just add that the film also includes some VERY cute guys. Anyway, if you like all the other teen films about, I'm sure you'll love Strike. I give the film a 10/10. Great!
    7Scarlet13

    All I Wanna Do...is watch this movie.

    Okay, so that's a little much. But seriously, this is one of the funniest teen-related movies I've seen, and I've seen most of them. The cast is delightful, especially Kirsten Dunst as Verena, the quick-witted ringleader of the Daughters of the American Ravioli. She and her friends Tinka, Tweetie, and Momo take Odette, a new student at Miss Goddard's School for Girls, under their trouble-making, big-dreaming wings and try to stop their beloved school from going co-ed. It sounds like a thin premise for a movie, and maybe it is, but the characters are real and humorous and some of the scenes are extremely funny. The dance, where Verena and Momo spike the punch and intoxicate the choir boys of St. Ambrose, is hilarious, especially if you can pick out Hayden Christensen as a drunken student. And Tom Guiry, Scotty Smalls of "The Sandlot" fame, grew up and got himself some muscles. My one real problem with this movie was Gaby Hoffman as Odette. She was, for the most part, the one dull person in a crowd of comical characters. Her main goal is to be an "ex-virgin" and then become a politician. She's rather boring and expressionless compared to the rest of the DAR. This movie is funny and charming and perfect for a group of girlfriends to watch together. I'd suggest it along the same lines as "Ten Things I Hate About You." I give it 7 stars out of 10.
    aklep

    A MOVIE ALL GIRLS SHOULD WATCH WITH THEIR BEST FRIENDS.

    The in-crowd at Miss Godard's,a highbrow New England girls boarding school,has waged an all-out war against the administration,which wants to merge with St.Ambrose, a nearby boys prep school.Although the St.Ambrose boys are the very same boys these young women want to be at social events,and event on occasion,lust after,they do not want them in the same classroom.Odette (Gaby Hoffmann),the clique's brainy ringleader ,takes Verena (Kirsten dunst),tinka (Monica keena) and tweety (Heather matarazzo)and Merrit weaver along on a bumpy-but often hilarious-road of misadventures as they attempt to keep their school boy-free while constantly fighting with Abby (Rachael leigh cook),Miss Godard's tattletale moniter.What it lacks in suspense (you know what's gonna happen the first 15 minutes)STRIKE!makes up for its CHARM!
    laurie_poet

    Congratulations, Sarah Kernochan

    Very, very good movie. I'm a big movie fan, but I'm picky about what I like and I like this. The characters, in my opinion, were well-chosen for the parts they played.

    I, however, had a problem with Gaby Hoffman as Odette/Odius/Odie Sinclair who is a new arrival in this movie. It's like she's trying too hard to be cool among the girls, which rubbed me the wrong way, especially at the end when they fought back and she was the leader.

    But the movie was a big success, in my point of view. I loved how Tinka fell in love with "Little Rascal"-esque Snake ("She's sucking his face off!") and how her St. Ambrose date was a little...premature but a major cutie, who grew up ALOT. All in all, it was a great hit of a movie and recommend it to anyone.
    7acearms

    Teen pranks with a purpose.

    Cute movie with lots of laughs and teen attempts to change the world. I enjoyed this one for the humor and the realistic aspects of what teenagers can and will do. Young love not to be over looked. Whether prep school, college or finishing, kids will find a way to out smart the school administration and that's what this movie is about. If you want humorous entertainment, this is the one for you.

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    • Trivia
      This movie was originally titled "The Hairy Bird". Miramax, the film's American distributor, found the title too offensive as it alludes to male genitalia, so they released the film under the alternate title "All I Wanna Do". In Canada and the United Kingdom, the film is titled "Strike!" Only the Australian release retains the original title.
    • Goofs
      Vereena's tray as she purchases cigarettes from one of the cooks. The plate is on the tray, then on the table as she removes the cigarettes, then it is on the tray again.
    • Quotes

      Odette: Up your ziggy with a wa-wa brush.

    • Crazy credits
      The opening credits state, "A Film By Everyone Who Worked On It."
    • Alternate versions
      When Tinka slow dances with a boy, rubbing her hips against him, the "Strike!" and "The Hairy Bird" versions of the film linger considerably longer on that moment, with two party attendees saying "Look at Tinka, she's at it again!" in the middle. After it is implied that the boy ejaculates, these two versions of the film show Verena mischievously handing the boy a handkerchief, and subsequently saying to Momo: "So suave, so continental these Saint Ambrose boys!", to which Momo responds "I can't wait until they're a permanent part of our lives!", concluding the scene. The dance plays a lot shorter in the "All I Wanna Do" version, and the handkerchief moment and subsequent dialogue with Verena and Momo is completely removed. The scene ends with the party attendees saying "Look at Tinka, she's at it again! in this version, but you can still see a bit of Verena grabbing the handkerchief right before the interaction of the party attendees.
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      Featured in Beyond Clueless (2014)
    • Soundtracks
      Walkin' the Dog
      Performed and Written by Rufus Thomas

      Published by Almo Music Corp.

      Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.

      By Arrangement with Warner Special Products

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    • Release date
      • September 4, 1998 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Canada
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Hairy Bird
    • Filming locations
      • Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Alliance Communications Corporation
      • Redeemable Features
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $913,834
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $307,763
      • Aug 23, 1998
    • Gross worldwide
      • $913,834
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 37m(97 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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