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4.2/10   231 votes
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Director:
Bill Fishman
Writers:
Nicole Coady (written by) &
Halle Eaton (written by) ...
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Genre:
Comedy more
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)... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
Kookie comedy for young adult females more (15 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Reckless + Wild (USA) (DVD title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for language, sexual content and drug use.
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Runtime:
USA:94 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
Spain:13 | USA:R
Company:
Desperate Inc. more

Fun Stuff

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. more
Movie Connections:
References Predator (1987) more
Soundtrack:
Might be in Love more

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Kookie comedy for young adult females, 8 September 2001
5/10
Author: George Parker from Orange County, CA USA

Something old, something new, something borrowed, and something that blows...such is the screenplay of "Desperate...", a kookie comedy about an all night odyssey of two ditzy females through the clubs and parties of Hollyweird. Brewster gets all the good lines and steals the show while Taylor plays straight man in this lukewarm low budget little comedy which has it's moments, few and far between though they may be. Recommended for young adult females who, at this writing, have not voted sufficiently on IMDB.com to offset to inordinately low marks given by the male audiences.

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