
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.... (Full plot summary below)
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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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| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasFor all its nonstop energy and high spirits, Can't Hardly Wait allows its characters to emerge as fully dimensional individuals; they've been written with care and perception and played with equal aplomb by a roster of talented young actors. |
| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleCan't Hardly Wait has freshness, comic invention and an engaging romantic spirit. |
| Montreal Film JournalKevin N. LaforestI enjoyed the enthusiasm, a thing that's getting rare in movies. |
| Chicago ReaderLisa AlspectorIt's not supposed to be a revelation--just a pleasant rendition of a teen-comedy trope |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsJon PopickCan't Hardly Wait offers nothing that its predecessors hasn't, but has possibly broken new ground in terms of underage drinking and teen sex. |
| Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovNobody's going to give this one an Oscar, sure, but as far as the venerable teen sex comedy goes, this one actually makes it to third base. |
| Reeling ReviewsRobin CliffordThere just isn't any sparkle in any of the lead perfs. |
| JoBlo's Movie EmporiumJoBloA mostly funny, sometimes sentimentally nostalgic look at the last days of the greatest days of most of our lives. |
| Needcoffee.comWidgett WallsEssentially a John Hughes piece on speed. |
| The A.V. ClubStephen ThompsonBut the film deserves credit, both for its breezy pacing and its uncommon tendency to make its characters smarter and geekier than they might have been. |