Mean People Suck (2001)

Three stubborn teenagers place a bet over which one of them is the meanest.

Director:

Matthew Cole Weiss

Writer:

Matthew Cole Weiss

Stars:

Dominique Swain, James Franco, Eric Christian Olsen

1 win.

Cast

Credited cast:
Dominique Swain	...	Kate
James Franco	...	Casey
Eric Christian Olsen	...	Nick
Beverley Mitchell	...	Kate's Sister
Michael Higgins	...	Old Man
Eric Axen	...	Joey
Jack Ferver	...	Jesse Milton
Matthew Cole Weiss	...	Boy in Funeral Home
Kevin Thoms	...	Boy in Locker Room #3
Julie Schubert	...	Diner Patron #1
Beth Marshall	...	Diner Patron #2
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rob Cameron	...	Boy in Locker Room #2
Ryan Shogren	...	Boy in Locker Room

Storyline

Kate (Dominique Swain) is the girl everyone loves to hate. As has become tradition, everyday she meets her friends Casey (James Franco) and Nick (Eric Christian Olsen) after school to trash the kids they dislike. But today is no ordinary day. Today, Kate has just been in a violent fight with her little sister (Beverley Mitchell), and now she's got plenty on her mind. When she poses the question, "What's the worst thing you've ever done to somebody else," the guys realize they're in for some excitement. As they each reveal some humorous but cruel anecdotes about their pasts, the mood slightly tenses up, and their memories get more and more disturbing, to a point of no return. But, how much can they trust each other? Who really is the meanest? And most importantly, do mean people really get what's coming to them in the long run? Only Mean People Suck can answer.

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Plot Keywords:

sex | oral sex | suicide | tape recorder | homophobe | 

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Taglines:

What goes around, comes around.

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Genres:

Short | Comedy

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

April 2001 (USA)

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

A Mama's Boy Productions, Tisch School of the Arts (NYU)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

8 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"Honey"
Written by Moby
Performed by Moby

User Reviews

money wasted, audience tortured

I attended NYU's film school and whole-heartedly agree with ThatGuamGuy. "Mean People Suck" was a much-hyped film that even received some NYU awards for writing. Upon viewing the film, it was clear that all the hype was due to it's cast. How it got an award for writing is beyond me. Maybe the script was actually good. It is difficult noticing such things when the film itself is so bad.