Can't Hardly Wait (1998)

Multicharacter teenage comedy about high school graduates with different agenda of life on graduation night.

Directors:

Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan

Writers:

Deborah Kaplan, Harry Elfont

Stars:

Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ethan Embry, Charlie Korsmo

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jennifer Love Hewitt	...	Amanda Beckett
Ethan Embry	...	Preston Meyers
Charlie Korsmo	...	William Lichter
Lauren Ambrose	...	Denise Fleming
Peter Facinelli	...	Mike Dexter
Seth Green	...	Kenny Fisher
Michelle Brookhurst	...	Girl Whose Party It Is
Alexander Martin	...	Exchange Student
Erik Palladino	...	Cousin Ron
Channon Roe	...	Jock #1
Sean Patrick Thomas	...	Jock #2
Freddy Rodríguez	...	Jock #3 (as Freddy Rodriguez)
Joel Michaely	...	X-Phile #1
Jay Paulson	...	X-Phile #2
Brian Hall	...	Real Homeboy

Storyline

It's high school graduation and, like all seniors, they want to party. So, 500 high school seniors look forward to a party while, in the meantime, a boy wants to get a girl he's loved for years who just broke up with her boyfriend, and one head-case who wants revenge on a lifelong bully. So, the party comes, things develop. People have sex, drink, and go along with most of the guidelines of a high school graduation party.

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Plot Keywords:

high school | f rated | reference to brad pitt | last day of school | stolen car | 

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Taglines:

Yesterday's history. Tomorrow's the future. Tonight's the party.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for teen drinking and sexuality, and for language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Can't Hardly Wait Page

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 June 1998 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Party

Filming Locations:

1090 Rubio Street, Altadena, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$8,025,910, 14 June 1998, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$25,339,117, 30 August 1998

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation, Tall Trees Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Two characters that had their parts cut can be seen in at least two scenes that survived the cutting room floor. Crying Drunk Girl (Jennifer Elise Cox can be seen falling over in the crowd with the foreign exchange student and crowd surfing during the "Paradise City" scene, and Stoned Girl ('Amber Benson') can be seen staring at a banana in the kitchen early on in the movie.

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Goofs

When Amanda is trying to figure out who Preston is, a girl in yellow tights walks past in the background twice.

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Quotes

William: You know what they say about women and trolley cars. There's plenty of 'em in the sea.

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Crazy Credits

Yearbook photos of all the characters in the movie are shown as the end credits roll.

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Connections

References Casablanca (1942)

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Soundtracks

Don't Leave Me This Way
Written by Kenny Gamble (as Kenneth Gamble), Leon Huff and Cary Gilbert
Performed by Thelma Houston
Courtesy of Motown Record Company, L.P.
By Arrangement with PolyGram Film and TV Music

User Reviews

A cute funny little movie

This movie was great. It's not blockbuster, but it wasn't made to be. It was something geared towards teenagers, so older folks beware. I would not go see it if you're out of your twenties. It was funny, it was sweet and that's about it. The two best performances were given by Ethan Embry and Seth Green. Ethan was male lead, Preston who convincingly yearned for Jennifer Love Hewitt's character, Amanda. Ethan pulled his role off wonderfully. The second awesome performance was given by Seth Green who was the local gangsta-wannabe Kenny. This one had me rolling on the floor laughing because sadly, most of the guys i know are just like him. So, if you just want something to entertain, make you laugh, and not think to hard, I'd go see this movie.