Reality Bites is a surprising cult classic, a film that many Gen X's hold dear to the heart. The soundtrack defines the movie and the cast, excluding Winona Ryder, were all relatively unknown back in 1994. I do find Ethan Hawke rather annoying during the whole film.
Watching Lelaina, Troy, Vickie, Sammy and Michael secure jobs, stealing snickers bars from a news stand, falling in love and exploiting petrol cards was nothing I could relate to as a 13 yr old, but I loved it nonetheless.
It's a hopeless romantic comedy and quite pigeonholed but still fun and engaging. I particularly like Troy telling Lelaina that she looks like a doily on her 1st date with yuppy cheeseball Michael.
The trailer is pretty tragic though, take a trip back to 1994...
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