Synopsis
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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Cast
- Jennifer Love HewittAmanda Beckett
- Ethan EmbryPreston Meyers
- Charlie KorsmoWilliam Lichter
- Lauren AmbroseDenise Fleming
- Peter FacinelliMike Dexter
- Seth GreenKenny Fisher
- Michelle BrookhurstMolly Stinson
- Alexander MartinOlaf
- Erik PalladinoCousin Ron
- Channon RoeJake
Recommendations
- 80
Chicago Reader
It's not supposed to be a revelation--just a pleasant rendition of a teen-comedy trope - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
Can't Hardly Wait has freshness, comic invention and an engaging romantic spirit. - 70
The A.V. Club
But 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. - 50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
[The soundtrack] manages to serve up new rock, eighties dance music, rap and Barry Manilow -- a combination custom-made to annoy audiences of all ages. - 50
Variety
A mediocre attempt to recapture the exuberance and candid portraiture of such high school movie classics as "American Graffiti," "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" and "Dazed and Confused." - 50
USA Today
Seeing gawky Charlie Korsmo, one-time movie moppet, as a superbrain whose introduction to alcohol leads him to do a rip-roaring rendition of Guns N' Roses' Paradise City, is worth a smile or two. But even that can't save [the] film. - 50
New York Daily News
Flunks the freshness test. - 50
ReelViews
Instead of bringing intriguing characters with real problems and interesting dialogue to the bash, Kaplan and Elfont take the lazy approach of pulling generic stereotypes off the shelf and throwing them into a formulaic plot that doesn't offer one genuine surprise or meaningful moment.
