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Overview

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4.4/10   365 votes
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Director:

Shane Edelman

Writers:

Marissa Ribisi (written by) &
Meredith Morton (written by) ...
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Genre:

Comedy | Romance more

Tagline:

According to Spencer, She's the one... Everyone else thinks so too!

User Comments:

Lame, lame more (13 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jesse Bradford ... Spencer

Mia Kirshner ... Melora

David Krumholtz ... Ezra

Adam Goldberg ... Feldy

Brad Rowe ... Craig

Marissa Ribisi ... Wendy
Precious Chong ... Lisa
Florence Stanley ... Grandma

Giovanni Ribisi ... Louis

Shane Edelman ... Jason
Meredith Morton ... Rona

Sean Flynn ... Young Spencer
Rosario Gru ... Young Melora

Frank Kopyc ... Apartment Manager
Robert Kurcz ... Elder Landlord
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Admiring Melora (USA) (working title)
Der Pechvogel (Germany) (new title)
Garage Sale
Spencer (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:

Rated R for language and sexual content.

Runtime:

94 min | Argentina:95 min

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

Carson, California, USA more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

The original title of this movie was "Garage Sale". more

Quotes:

Feldy: Hey! Be cool bitch. more

Movie Connections:

References The Black Gestapo (1975) more

Soundtrack:

Something Else more


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1 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Lame, lame, 1 July 2004
4/10
Author: Bob Verini from LA CA

The stale premise - an innocent youth comes to the big city and against all odds wins the career and girl of his dreams - is not made fresher by such devices as a deceased grandma who keeps showing up to offer sage advice. (The only point of marginal interest is the script's limp switcheroo on "The Apartment": Here, it's the junior executive (Kirshner) who's involved with the boss, while the torch-carrying schnook is working class.) In "King of the Hill" Jesse Bradford had enough charisma to carry a film, a quality that appears to have receded as puberty set in. Or maybe he just gets poor career advice. Certainly he is ill served by drek like "SwimFan," "Speedway Junky," and this one. . .

In a subplot tied with the thinnest of threads to the main story, Spencer's roommates (David Krumholtz and Adam Goldberg) are holed up in a mansion they evidently and unaccountably own, attempting to make an amateur porn film. Watching their mirthless antics I was reminded of the efforts of supporting players Abbott and Costello to shine as a team in "One Night in the Tropics," except neither Krumholtz nor Goldberg would qualify as "the funny one." Even the title is off - Spencer is a clueless naif who never expresses any view of life that would qualify as "according to." The picture seems intended as a lighthearted romp among friends, but the results are just heavy, predictable, and dull.

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