Accentuate the negative.
Release Date: 2001-07-20
Runtime: 111 mins
Two quirky, cynical teenaged girls try to figure out what to do with their lives after high school graduation. After they play a prank on an eccentric, middle aged record collector, one of them befriends him, which causes a rift in the girls’ friendship.
111 minutes
2001-07-20
$7,000,000
$8,800,000
Year:
2002
Status:
🎭 Nominated
Year:
2002
Status:
🎭 Nominated
Year:
2002
Status:
🎭 Nominated
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See reviews ▼"Despite some decent efforts on display here, I couldn’t help but think I’d seen it all before. It’s school friends “Enid” (Thora Birch) and “Rebecca” (Scarlet Johansson) who have just finished school and have, hitherto at any rate, been determined to live together whilst they abandon education and get jobs. It’s fair to say that these two women are a bit on the periphery of their community. “Enid”, especially, with her blue hair and punk affections fancies herself as a bit of an artist and has disdain for just about everyone else. To alleviate their boredom, they answer an ad in a lonely hearts type column and encounter the rather sad character that is “Seymour” (Steve Buscemi) to whom neither take much of an instant shine, but with whom “Enid” begins to become friends - without acknowledging that it was them who not only replied to his advert, but who also left him high and dry once they had seen what he looked like on their supposed date. With this friendship taking an unpredictable path and “Enid” gradually managing to distance herself from just about everyone else, it might be too late when she eventually realises the short-sightedness of her ways. At times this is quite a quirky and wittily written coming-of-age drama, but I couldn’t find enough from any of the characters here to care about. We were all selfish and opinionated at that age, with little respect for anything that didn’t meet our (not very exacting) standards, but that doesn’t necessarily make for engaging storytelling. The production seems overly designed to exacerbate the issues from their largely self-inflicted problems and poor life choices, and though Buscemi comes across as quite natural with his portrayal of a nerdy character I felt this film strived to make the bleeding obvious a more pedestrian tale of teen angst than create anything fresh or innovative. Maybe I am just too old, but this didn’t do much for me, sorry."
The movie is approximately 111 minutes long.
2001-07-20 marks the official release date of the movie.
The movie belongs to the Comedy Drama genres, offering a variety of experiences from adventure to fantasy.
The lead actors include Thora Birch , Scarlett Johansson , and Steve Buscemi , among others.
The movie was directed by
The movie had an estimated budget of $7,000,000 .
A Cinderella Story grossed an estimated $8,800,000 at the box office.
Major production companies include Mr. Mudd Granada Productions Capitol Films United Artists Advanced Medien Jersey Shore Icon Productions Icon Entertainment International .