Two college graduates who find themselves stuck behind a pizza-parlor counter while their friends move on struggle to find a new direction for their lives.Two college graduates who find themselves stuck behind a pizza-parlor counter while their friends move on struggle to find a new direction for their lives.Two college graduates who find themselves stuck behind a pizza-parlor counter while their friends move on struggle to find a new direction for their lives.
Charlotte Ayanna
- Allison Fazio
- (as Charlotte Lopez)
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Potentially misleading - Jennifer Love Hewitt's top billing
for a minor character - but, appealing nonetheless. A
pizza store serves as a backdrop for ruminations on life & lost opportunities. Hard to figure whether the film
embraces or condemns the job as measure of success ethos; count this confusion as a strength. Sad to say,
Hewitt annoys as a shrill novice fashion-designer - misses "cute" sliding straight into "grating". The opening dog s*** tale's good (minus the punchline) & "Soccer Ball" is the greatest tune The Offspring never
wrote. What's with the Coleridge reference? Quality Low-Bud effort.
for a minor character - but, appealing nonetheless. A
pizza store serves as a backdrop for ruminations on life & lost opportunities. Hard to figure whether the film
embraces or condemns the job as measure of success ethos; count this confusion as a strength. Sad to say,
Hewitt annoys as a shrill novice fashion-designer - misses "cute" sliding straight into "grating". The opening dog s*** tale's good (minus the punchline) & "Soccer Ball" is the greatest tune The Offspring never
wrote. What's with the Coleridge reference? Quality Low-Bud effort.
"All money hangin' out like a big ol' pimp!" If you've seen this movie, you'll probably remember this line. I love Matthew Lillard. But this movie was really bad! His parts were pretty funny, but the rest of the movie was just kinda thrown together. I didn't like it at all!
Although everyone else who commented detested this movie, I liked it, a lot. I rented it a few months ago, and decided to buy it cheap last week. I think that the slow movement of it was a positive factor, and that it didn't overload or bombard the viewer. It was a lazy, relaxed, detached attitude; the perfect kind of movie to watch on a Sunday afternoon when feeling down on your luck. I think it might be better suited to interpretation as a play, because the action is more verbal than visual. It does make some attempt at developing characters, within its short runtime. The only part I disliked was the ending--unexpectedly abrupt and brief. I will also say, that this movie holds a "spot in my heart" for having perhaps the saddest moment I have ever seen in a movie. After Howard (the weird, smart, and nice guy of the five) spends much time and effort into interacting with a girl at the bar, he is brushed off in a terrible and heartbreaking manner that hit home because I know I'll be hearing the same line someday. . .
A few years ago, I went to the video store full of joy. The Matrix had been recently released and I was aching to see it again. My girlfriend of the time made me choose this instead claiming it was more the kind of thing we could both watch.
I have still never forgiven her. It has been six years.
The plot, as I recall, opens with a long anecdote about a scorned woman. It almost (but not quite) looks like it could be funny. Then the whole film becomes lazy and badly written. It has the feel of a really cheap novel, or something a teenager might write. There is little plot, little dialogue and less interest.
This is very poor film making, and I want those 90 minutes of my life back.
I have still never forgiven her. It has been six years.
The plot, as I recall, opens with a long anecdote about a scorned woman. It almost (but not quite) looks like it could be funny. Then the whole film becomes lazy and badly written. It has the feel of a really cheap novel, or something a teenager might write. There is little plot, little dialogue and less interest.
This is very poor film making, and I want those 90 minutes of my life back.
Telling You (1999) Peter Facinelli, Dash Mihok, Gary Wolf, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Matthew Lillard, Gina Phillips, Jennifer Jostyn, Frank Medrano, D: Robert DeFranco. Two brother-like buddies (Facinelli, Mihok) get hard luck running the local pizzeria in this teen-comedy. Not even a good-looking cast can salvage this turkey from being worthless, boring, and plain as the nose on your face. Running Time: 94 minutes and rated R for language and brief sexual content. * ½
Did you know
- Quotes
Deb Freidman: When people are happy on the outside you know they're gonna be happy on the inside.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Jersey Girl (2004)
- SoundtracksThe Denny Song
Written by Tom Romero
Performed by Tom Romero
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Details
Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $2,735
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,026
- Mar 14, 1999
- Gross worldwide
- $2,735
- Runtime
- 1h 34m(94 min)
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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