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Kicking and Screaming

  • 19951995
  • RR
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
13K
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Kicking and Screaming (1995)
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  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Romance
A bunch of guys hang around their college for months after graduation, continuing a life much like the one before graduation.A bunch of guys hang around their college for months after graduation, continuing a life much like the one before graduation.A bunch of guys hang around their college for months after graduation, continuing a life much like the one before graduation.
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
13K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Noah Baumbach
  • Writers
    • Noah Baumbach(story)
    • Bo Berkman(story)
  • Stars
    • Josh Hamilton
    • Eric Stoltz
    • Samuel Gould
Top credits
  • Director
    • Noah Baumbach
  • Writers
    • Noah Baumbach(story)
    • Bo Berkman(story)
  • Stars
    • Josh Hamilton
    • Eric Stoltz
    • Samuel Gould
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 81User reviews
    • 42Critic reviews
    • 75Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 nominations

    Videos1

    Kicking and Screaming (1995)
    Trailer 1:46
    Kicking and Screaming (1995)

    Photos26

    Chris Eigeman and Cara Buono in Kicking and Screaming (1995)
    Noah Baumbach, Chris Eigeman, Josh Hamilton, and Carlos Jacott in Kicking and Screaming (1995)
    Olivia d'Abo in Kicking and Screaming (1995)
    Josh Hamilton in Kicking and Screaming (1995)
    Cara Buono in Kicking and Screaming (1995)
    Chris Eigeman in Kicking and Screaming (1995)
    Eric Stoltz in Kicking and Screaming (1995)
    Cara Buono in Kicking and Screaming (1995)
    Eric Stoltz in Kicking and Screaming (1995)
    Olivia d'Abo and Josh Hamilton in Kicking and Screaming (1995)
    Jason Wiles in Kicking and Screaming (1995)
    Parker Posey in Kicking and Screaming (1995)

    Top cast

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    Josh Hamilton
    Josh Hamilton
    • Groveras Grover
    Eric Stoltz
    Eric Stoltz
    • Chetas Chet
    Samuel Gould
    • Peteas Pete
    Catherine Kellner
    Catherine Kellner
    • Gailas Gail
    Jonathan Baumbach
    • Professoras Professor
    John Lehr
    John Lehr
    • Louisas Louis
    Olivia d'Abo
    Olivia d'Abo
    • Janeas Jane
    Peter Czernin
    • Lesteras Lester
    Carlos Jacott
    Carlos Jacott
    • Otisas Otis
    Chris Eigeman
    Chris Eigeman
    • Maxas Max
    Eliza Roberts
    Eliza Roberts
    • Josselynas Josselyn
    Jason Wiles
    Jason Wiles
    • Skippyas Skippy
    Parker Posey
    Parker Posey
    • Miamias Miami
    Christopher Reed
    • Friedrichas Friedrich
    • (as Chris Reed)
    Noah Baumbach
    Noah Baumbach
    • Dannyas Danny
    Jason S. Kassin
    • Freddyas Freddy
    Cara Buono
    Cara Buono
    • Kateas Kate
    David DeLuise
    David DeLuise
    • Bounceras Bouncer
    • (as David Deluise)
    • Director
      • Noah Baumbach
    • Writers
      • Noah Baumbach(story)
      • Bo Berkman(story)
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The film was almost accepted in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, but Noah Baumbach refused to cut 15 minutes as they requested, and the film was ultimately rejected.
    • Goofs
      At the airport, when Grover says, "Shit, I wish I hadn't seen that", his mark is clearly visible on the floor when he walks away.
    • Quotes

      Max: I'm too nostalgic. I'll admit it.

      Skippy: We graduated four months ago. What can you possibly be nostalgic for?

      Max: I'm nostalgic for conversations I had yesterday. I've begun reminiscing events before they even occur. I'm reminiscing this right now. I can't go to the bar because I've already looked back on it in my memory... and I didn't have a good time.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: The American President/Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls/Kicking and Screaming/Carrington/Total Eclipse (1995)
    • Soundtracks
      Cecilia Ann
      Written by Frosty Horton and Steve Hoffman

      Performed by Pixies

      Courtesy of 4AD/Elektra Entertainment

      By arrangement with Warner Special Products

    User reviews81

    Review
    Top review
    Devastating look at disaffected college grads
    "Kicking and Screaming" really depressed me. I'm not sure what I was expecting, having seen only "The Life Aquatic" as an example of notable writer-director Noah Baumbach's work (and of course that film was written with Wes Anderson, and directed by Anderson, so I wasn't sure how much of it was Baumbach's), but nothing I read specifically about "Kicking and Screaming" lead me to expect what I got: one of the most devastating films ever made, and one which while not on par with stuff like "The Graduate" formally, remains one of the very best 'where-is-my-life-going-after-college' movies ever made. It also boasts perhaps the smartest use of flashbacks in a recent American film.

    I was thinking this would be sort of like a Wes Anderson film but it's really more what Kevin Smith would have written circa 1994-1997 if his parents were critical thinkers instead of lower-middle-class Catholics, and if he'd been writing about students and recent college grads instead of deadbeats lounging about convenience stores and malls and comics writers involved in bizarre love triangles. Perhaps that's selling this short because as much as I am drawn to some of Smith's work he could never come close to capturing the sort of melancholy Baumbach absolutely nails with this film.

    The film isn't really brilliant, mostly because it is really plot-less (which wouldn't be a problem usually but read on) and especially since outside of Eric Stoltz's philosophizing bartender I found nothing particularly interesting about any of the supporting cast. The main emotional pull for me was with Grover (Josh Hamilton) and Jane (Olivia d'Abo)'s story. Jane is pretty much the ideal realization of all the odd, quirky, lovely, bizarre, pretentious, disaffected, writers I had crushes on in university and even before and after that time, and the few I was fortunate enough to date. Ideal really because she's a deeply flawed character. Outside of this core story "Kicking and Screaming" relies primarily on Baumbach's witty banter. The trouble is that I found few of the characters to be all that interesting outside of Grover, Jane, and Chet.

    Baumbach's direction initially seems primitive but every so often he surprises with a genuinely sophisticated shot. I assume he got better as he went on and that stuff like "The Squid and the Whale" is entirely sophisticated but he already showed a lot of promise with this film. While again I didn't find the film perfect, I connected so much with Grover and with the place in their lives that all these people are that I found the film genuinely devastating at time. When focusing on Jane and Grover it is absolutely phenomenal, and the final scene, I admit, almost made me cry.
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    • Mar 25, 2009

    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 6, 1995 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Pateando el tablero
    • Filming locations
      • Occidental College - 1600 Campus Road, Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Trimark Pictures
      • Castleberg Productions
      • Sandollar Productions
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $718,490
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $19,497
      • Oct 8, 1995
    • Gross worldwide
      • $718,490
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Ultra Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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