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90
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Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
For all its nonstop energy and high spirits, Can't Hardly Wait allows its characters to emerge as fully dimensional individuals; they've been written with care and perception and played with equal aplomb by a roster of talented young actors.
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75
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San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
Can't Hardly Wait has freshness, comic invention and an engaging romantic spirit.
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70
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The New York Times Elvis Mitchell
[The writers/directors] show easygoing humor and the wisdom to borrow well. Their film at various times recalls tenderhearted coming-of-age comedies from "American Graffiti" onward, with strong homage to the works of Cameron Crowe, Amy Heckerling and John Hughes.
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58
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Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
Agreeably mindless generation-next trash, but it leaves you hungry for a movie in which the characters are more than walking screenwriter index cards.
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50
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USA Today Susan Wloszczyna
Seeing gawky Charlie Korsmo, one-time movie moppet, as a superbrain whose introduction to alcohol leads him to do a rip-roaring rendition of Guns N' Roses' Paradise City, is worth a smile or two. But even that can't save [the] film.
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50
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New York Daily News
Flunks the freshness test.
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50
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ReelViews James Berardinelli
Instead of bringing intriguing characters with real problems and interesting dialogue to the bash, Kaplan and Elfont take the lazy approach of pulling generic stereotypes off the shelf and throwing them into a formulaic plot that doesn't offer one genuine surprise or meaningful moment.
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50
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The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Liam Lacey
[The soundtrack] manages to serve up new rock, eighties dance music, rap and Barry Manilow -- a combination custom-made to annoy audiences of all ages.
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38
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Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
The kind of movie that somehow succeeds in moving very, very slowly even while proceeding at a breakneck pace. It cuts quickly back and forth between nothing and nothing.
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10
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Washington Post Michael O'Sullivan
True to the film's name, there is one thing I couldn't hardly wait for, and that's the closing credits.
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