Desperate But Not Serious (1999)

User Rating:

4.1/10   

Director:

Bill Fishman

Writers:

Nicole Coady (written by) &
Halle Eaton (written by) ...

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Every man's dream

Plot:

Lily (Christine Taylor) is a twenty-something aspiring writer who receives an invitation to attend a wedding reception with Jonathan (John Corbett)...

Plot Keywords:

Party | Girl | New York | California | Independent Film

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Christine Taylor	...	Lili
Paget Brewster	...	Frances
Claudia Schiffer	...	Gigi
John Corbett	...	Jonathan
Max Perlich	...	Todd
Joseph Lawrence	...	Darby (as Joey Lawrence)
Toledo Diamond	...	Himself (as Toledo)
Bill Cusack	...	Trendy Guy
Cu Ba Nguyen	...	Cambodian Waiter
Wendie Jo Sperber	...	Landlady
Brent Bolthouse	...	Steve
Patton Oswalt	...	Auteur #1
Brian Posehn	...	Auteur #2
Stacy Sanches	...	Shauna
Patti Tippo	...	Development Woman

Also Known As:

Reckless + Wild (USA) (DVD title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language, sexual content and drug use.

Runtime:

USA:94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Spain:13 | USA:R

Company:

Desperate Inc.

Trivia:

Having already had her earlobes pierced especially for her appearance in Black and White (1999/I), Claudia Schiffer also had her nose, belly button and the cartilage of both ears pierced especially for her part in this movie.

Movie Connections:

References RoboCop (1987)

Soundtrack:

Mysterious Waves

Dumb but charming, like its lead characters

This is not a great movie, and maybe even good is too strong a word, but there is something goofily charming about it and I got sucked into watching it. Christine Taylor is cute and ostensibly the lead in search of her perfect match, played by John Corbett. It's a trite storyline but at least it lets the rest of the film happen. Paget Brewster is her hip would-be actress friend who leads her around LA from one party to another in search of her friends guy. So, it's a horrible story with a predictable ending, but the parties they go to and the people they meet are a bunch of nice jabs at the movie industry and the culture around it. Claudia Schiffer and Joey Lawrence appear and cameos by some mid-grade stars only add to the comedy. The scenes with Patton Oswalt and Brian Posehn are the funniest things to ever be recorded on film in the history of film. A mediocre movie with lots of treats to make it worth watching, and Paget Brewster is impossibly cute. Watch all the way to the end of the credits to see the funniest scenes in the film.