Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Chris O'Donnell | ... | Matt Leland | |
Drew Barrymore | ... | Casey Roberts | |
Matthew Lillard | ... | Eric | |
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Richard Chaim | ... | Duncan |
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Robert Nadir | ... | Coach |
Joan Allen | ... | Margaret Roberts | |
Jude Ciccolella | ... | Richard Roberts | |
Amy Sakasitz | ... | Joanna Leland | |
T.J. Lowther | ... | Adam Leland | |
Kevin Dunn | ... | Clifford Leland | |
Elaine Miles | ... | Housekeeper | |
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Sharon Collar | ... | Librarian |
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Selene H. Vigil | ... | Singer |
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Valerie M. Agnew | ... | Drummer |
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Roisin Dunne | ... | Guitar |
The high-school student Matt Leland lives with his twin brother and sister and his father in a house by the lake. When the teenager Casey Roberts moves to the house on the other side of the lake, Matt snoops into her room with his telescope. They meet each other and soon they fall in love with each other. One day, Matt is taking a test at school and Casey activates the fire alarm to stop the test. She is suspended and her father decides to check her into a psychiatric institution. However Matt breaks her out of the hospital. They travel in Matt's car and have lots of fun until the day Matt discovers that Casey has bipolar disorder with periods of depression and periods of elevated mood. When she tries to commit suicide, Matt realizes that she needs specialized help. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
This wasn't necessarily a bad movie, but it wasn't that good either. It desperately tried to cash in on the teen audience, with a "hip" cast and soundtrack, but as a teenager I couldn't really relate. Chris O'Donnell's performance was pretty bland, but Drew spiced it up a bit. It started to get better towards the end when we finally got to see the extent of Drew's depression, but the first 3/4 of the movie was such a paint by numbers approach to a romance that I'm not sure that it was worth the wait. Leaves little to criticize, but even less to praise.