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Overview

User Rating:
5.7/10   671 votes
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Director:
Tom Zuber
Writers:
Jeff Zuber (writer)
Tom Zuber (writer)
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Genre:
Comedy | Crime | Drama | Romance more
Tagline:
A whirlwind day in the hapless lives of small town youth.
Plot:
A day in Athens, Arizona, as teens and twenty-somethings navigate life without a compass. Jimmy has... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Great performances, lacked structure or professionalism... more (11 total)

Cast

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John Patrick Amedori ... Jimmy

Shawn Hatosy ... Carter

Michelle Horn ... Emily

Erica Leerhsen ... Heather

Rachel Miner ... Allison
Kenny Morrison ... Aaron
Leonardo Nam ... Kwon

Michael Peña ... Carlos

DJ Qualls ... Corey

Jorge Garcia ... Pedro
Jill Ritchie ... Jessica

Eric Szmanda ... Derek
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Jack Anthony ... Drunk Partygoer #2
Jasmine Jessica Anthony ... Katie Kinney

Robert Baker ... Berubi
John David Conti ... Pizza Pop

Jonathan Dankner ... Matt
Molly the Dog ... Poncho

Jeff Doucette ... Mr. Carson

Megan Duffy ... Barnes' Girlfriend
Nikko Estrada ... Kid #1

Mitch Gavin ... Ping Pong Player #1

Mary-Pat Green ... Mrs. Carson

Jay Harik ... Doctor Cook

Gina Marie Heekin ... Female Partygoer #1

Tish Hicks ... Jina
Aldis Hodge ... Pitt
Michael Dean Jacobs ... Harry

Tory Kittles ... Sinjin
R.J. Knoll ... Brad

Forrest Landis ... Kevin
Josh Lawler ... Police Officer #2

Fred Maske ... Ping Pong Player #2
John Mead ... Ron
Molly ... Poncho the Dog
Joshua Moore ... Drunk Partygoer #1 (as Joshua Arden)
Elizabeth Mulkey ... Female Partygoer #2 (as Elizabeth Mulke)
Kelly A. O'Leary ... Lifeguard

Esteban Powell ... Troy

Paula Price ... Megan
Victor Prince II ... RJ
Jay Richardson ... Jerry
Kyle Sabihy ... Louie
Paul Shields ... Pete

Justin Shilton ... Barnes

Tait Smith ... Mitch

Nate Torrence ... Card Player

Elizabeth Uhl ... Female Passenger
Jill Virnig ... Female Partygoer #3

Nick von Esmarch ... Juicehead Dave
D.W. Warren ... Police Officer #1

Jason Weissbrod ... Rob
Danny Wolske ... Bobby Bales

Justin Zachary ... Male Partygoer
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for drug and sexual content, pervasive language and some violence.
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Runtime:
Canada:103 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Certification:
USA:R | UK:18
Filming Locations:
Beverly Hills, California, USA more
Company:
Legaci Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Heather: Are you cheating on me?
Derek: Noooo
Heather: So you're not cheating on me?
Derek: You're starting to annoy me.
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Movie Connections:
Features Asteroids (1979) (VG) more
Soundtrack:
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7 out of 16 people found the following comment useful.
Great performances, lacked structure or professionalism..., 19 March 2006
5/10
Author: JonBowerbank from San Francisco, CA

The only thing that saves it are the performances by the many familiar faces that star in it, which were mediocre at best. Would have been nice if there was more of an actual story or point to the thing. Every 10 minutes or so I was saying to myself "Is this going anywhere?"

I liked the songs they used (respectively), but I felt most of them to be very intrusive and distracting from the story. Especially that riff with the strings that would play at the beginning or end of almost every scene. And there were some scenes where complete silence would have served so much more to what's going on, for instance when that pizza delivery kid was stealing the rest of those drugs while we watched the dead guy. The music killed that scene.

Also, I think the writers/directors have some kind of hostility towards women which is displayed time and time again in this film. The way the women are portrayed is as if they're stupid and clueless as to what's going on. The anal sex scene, the brother pushing his sister to the floor and the girl getting punched towards the end just seemed like a way for these guys to express their own short comings with women, and I viewed it as borderline degrading.

And that one actor Jorge Garcia, his random Spanish words mixed with his English dialogue didn't seem to make sense, and I speak Spanish fluently. No one throws in fully conjugated and otherwise unknown Spanish verbs while talking to monolingual white guys.

I thought the look was alright. The lighting of the party at night kinda made it hard to look at, but it emulated the real life lighting of a party like that I suppose.

So yeah, 5 out of 10 for me. It probably could have been better if they'd gone through a couple more drafts of the script.

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