Singles

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Summary: Crowe touches the Seattle Scene
Review: This is easily my favorite Cameron Crowe film, and I am also a strong fan of the Seattle "grunge" scene. This movie introduced me to the unique style of Crowe and the abilities of actors Campbell Scott and Bridget Fonda, and I was really happy to see some of my favorite "grunge" stars on camera playing the fictional band Citizen Dick. I thought it was a very direct film, with more substance than others that touch the subject. Also, seeing Layne Staley and Chris Cornell performing that intimately with their audience is never a bad thing. I think that the one thing out of this movie I've gathered is that trying to stay single is an endless pursuit, but so is finding true love. But I think the idea Crowe was going for was the "ideal" partner is irrational, and when you feel intimacy, you shouldn't disregard your feelings for irrational desires. Kudos, Crowe!

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Summary: Chock full of Seattle atmosphere
Review: This is one of those movies that captures the feel of a great city, and Seattle is one of those cities. The story is a nice romantic comedy that will appeal to folks who like Friends and other stories about groups of young people dealing with real life and love.

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Summary: Timeless and Brilliant...
Review: This is still one of the best films ever made about being single. It is just CRAMMED PACKED FULL of truths, life lessons, real honesty and touching moments. I am ever amazed and I watch it with 'new eyes' each time. A great film, very highly recommended...!!! Over ten years old and not even slightly out of date...

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Summary: This is a great movie and a great depiction of Seattle.
Review: This movie really captures the Seattle scene and plays on all that Seattle is famous for, including the great people here. Singles also is a great love/frienships story with great one liners.

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Summary: Horrible Movie
Review: This movie was the pits. It had no direction, and though it was labeled and set in the 'Comedy' section I would not know it from watching the movie. It was not funny at all. It was so bad, and unbelievable. Do not waste your time watching this movie.

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Summary: JANET YOU ROCK MY WORLD
Review: When this movie was released my friends and I went to see it in the cinema. We were high school students and natives of Seattle, so naturally this take on the "Seattle scene" was pretty funny to us. It seemed kind of strange considering that the Seattle scene was pretty much... over. Or at least the "grunge" thing was kind of over. Honestly I thought this was a really stupid movie then. But in the years since I saw this originally and have seen it again, I realised that the film itself captured a moment, and the performances in the film are genuine, down to earth and very real. I was startled to see Bridget Fonda's performance again because in her I saw so many of the attributes that my own friends had. This searching for a guy (Grunge Ken to their Grunge Barbie thing) and instead of looking for the qualities that make the guy right for them, they thought more in terms of what they could possibly have to offer the guy. Finally, after Janet (Fonda) falls for Cliff (wasn't that Matt Dillon's name in this picture) and finding that he liked her but did not really feel the same way, Janet looks for ways to change herself to please him (including researching breast implants-her own plastic surgeon consult, a brilliant Bill Pullman, tells her to reconsider and makes a pass at her). Eventually Janet comes to see her own value, which I felt was a redeeming point in the movie. She does not have the breast augmentation, and she sees that she wants someone who cares about her; ultimately someone who will say "gesundheit" when she sneezes. After she is over Cliff, he starts to notice her. But she will have nothing of it because she has finally accepted and started to love herself. (Yeah it sounds cheesy, but it is really a powerful thought). Meanwhile another storyline is going on. Campbell Scott is a transportation planner (and believe me, in Seattle they need a serious transportation planner) who meets Kyra Sedgwick. They have an affair of sorts, and Sedgwick's character ends up pregnant. Through an odd series of mishaps, they fall out of touch. It is actually quite a touching story, that of their relationship. Kind of sad, but don't you worry... the story might be about grungers in Seattle, but it does not fail to provide a happy Hollywood ending, but somehow in this film I did not mind. Nice smaller roles were filled by Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, Sheila Kelley, who until that time was probably most famous for playing Gwen on LA Law, and even the ubiquitous Tom Skerritt, who appears for all of one minute as Seattle's mayor-long enough to say "NO" to Campbell Scott's proposal for the future of transportation.

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Summary: It brings back memories
Review: You know that when you identity your relationship to your boyfriend with Cliff and Janet that you really love this movie! I was recently reading an old diary from high school when this movie came out and I just started laughing! This film is really easy to identify with even if you've never gone through the whole "Singles" aspect of it. Just looking at the whole early 90's Seattle culture when coffee shops and grunge music were just becoming popular... for me, its like looking back on my teenage years. I feel so old! The movie is honest and very well done. Another triumph for Cameron Crowe, who is, honestly, one of my favorite directors. Even when directing a comedy, he is still about to pull out really profound words that make us laugh AND make us look at ourselves and our own lives. For example, "I'm 23. Do you remember how old 23 seemed when you were young? I mean, I thought people would be living in airlocks and I would have 5 kids... well, here I am... 23... things are pretty much the same." Now, I am older than 23 and I look back on this movie and totally laugh! Its awesome... definitely pick it up. Its too bad the DVD doesn't have better features. Crowe really needs to come back and do commentary for it. Then, I will give it 5 stars...