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Can't Hardly Wait

Can't Hardly Wait

Comedy · Romance · 1998

It's graduation day at Huntington Hills High, and you know what that means - time to party. And not just any party, either. This one will be a night to remember, as the nerds become studs, the jocks are humiliated, and freshman crushes blossom into grown-up romance.

Movie details

Can't Hardly Wait

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

1998 Comedy · Romance 1h 40m

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6.2 / 10

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It's graduation day at Huntington Hills High, and you know what that means - time to party. And not just any party, either. This one will be a night to remember, as the nerds become studs, the jocks are humiliated, and freshman crushes blossom into grown-up romance.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Harry Elfont · Deborah Kaplan

Written by

Deborah Kaplan · Harry Elfont

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Jennifer Love Hewitt

Amanda Beckett

Ethan Embry

Ethan Embry

Preston Meyers

Charlie Korsmo

Charlie Korsmo

William Lichter

Lauren Ambrose

Lauren Ambrose

Denise Fleming

Peter Facinelli

Peter Facinelli

Mike Dexter

Seth Green

Seth Green

Kenny Fisher

Michelle Brookhurst

Michelle Brookhurst

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Court is in session

Put Can't Hardly Wait on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.