Reality Bites 1994 123movies

Watch: Reality Bites 1994 123movies, Full Movie Online – In this study of Generation X manners, Lelaina Pierce (Winona Ryder), the valedictorian of her college class, camcords her friends in a mock documentary of posteducation life. Troy Dyer (Ethan Hawke) is her best friend, a perpetually unemployed musical slacker. Vickie Miner (Janeane Garofalo) is a manager at the Gap who worries about the results of an A.I.D.S. test, while Sammy Gray (Steve Zahn) has problems grappling with his sexuality. When Lelaina meets Michael Grates (Ben Stiller), an earnest video executive who takes her homemade video to his MTV-like station, she must decide what she values – the materialism of yuppie Michael or the philosophical musings of Troy..
Plot: A small circle of friends suffering from post-collegiate blues must confront the hard truth about life, love and the pursuit of gainful employment. As they struggle to map out survival guides for the future, the Gen-X quartet soon begins to realize that reality isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
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Ratings:

	6.6/10 Votes: 50,598
	63% | RottenTomatoes
	67/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 594 Popularity: 14.88 | TMDB

Reviews:

Resonates with me
I really enjoyed this movie. Looking back in hindsight, I can see the selfishness of the characters, and I have read the complaints about this, but isn’t that kind of the whole point of the movie? It’s about people talking about not “selling out” while at the same time they ARE “selling out” in many different ways. They (the characters in the movie) are all consumers who satirize the very idea of “consumerism” but refuse to “stoop down to the level” of getting menial jobs to try and pay the bills. The movie defines for me how education isn’t everything and from my own experience I have learned that sometimes the “great dream” (of being a writer, artist, musician, etc.) just doesn’t pay the bills and in order to make decent money one may have to go into a field that is not originally their first choice as a means of employment. I remember being young and wistful, with dreams of being an artist, only to have to “settle” for an office job to make ends meet.

The movie does express what life was like for me at the time. I was a naive student with dreams of producing great artistic work, but who learned that what is taught in college as “reality” is not really reality at all. College students are fed with lofty artistic statements and philosophies and are taught to analyze endless aspects of society, ideals, etc., and are taught that “knowledge and education are power” but are not taught that credibility and respect are things which must be earned and that very few people actually start out at the top of the career ladder.

Overall, this continues to be one of my favorite films and I appreciate the myriad of messages that it sends, though they may, at times, be contradictory.

iconic Gen X movie
Generation X college graduates struggle to find their way. Valedictorian Lelaina Pierce (Winona Ryder) tries to maintain her sincere believes while making a documentary about her group and working at Grant Gubler’s morning show. Troy Dyer (Ethan Hawke) is her best friend and a willful womanizing slacker. Vickie Miner (Janeane Garofalo) is concerned that she has become a manager at the Gap. Sammy Gray (Steve Zahn) is trying to come to terms with his sexuality. Music TV executive yuppie Michael Grates (Ben Stiller) crashes into Lelaina’s car leading into a romance.

This is an iconic Gen X movie. Winona is adorable. Ethan Hawke is at the height of his slacker cool. There is great music. There is great slacker dialog. The only problem is that Ben Stiller is not a big enough jerk. That breaks a cliché from the traditional rom-com. One breaks the formula at one’s own risk. Although who doesn’t want to dance in a gas station convenient store?

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 39 min (99 min)
Budget 11500000
Revenue 20079850
Status Released
Rated PG-13
Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director Ben Stiller
Writer Helen Childress
Actors Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke, Janeane Garofalo
Country United States
Awards 2 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix DTS
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Panavision Cameras and Lenses
Laboratory Consolidated Film Industries (CFI), Hollywood (CA), USA
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm