1999 - Rated R - 1 hr 42 min
Director: Doug Liman
Starring: Katie Holmes, Sarah Polley, Desmond Askew, Nathan Bexton, Scott Wolf, Jay Mohr, Timothy Olyphant, William Fichtner, Taye Diggs, Breckin Meyer, James Duval, Jane Krakowski, Melissa McCarthy
Here's a favorite from college. A tale of a would-be drug dealer and her assorted disaster-facing friends. The cool thing about this movie is the multiple perspective approach, rewinding the film to tell the tale from many points of view. The would-be drug dealer, the "bait," the drug user (which affords an awesome grocery store dance scene), the actual drug dealer on his Vegas vacation with friends, and a pair of actors who wind up trapped in a sales pitch. It's weird, it's random, and it's probably better on drugs, but I've always liked this movie for it's unconventionalness. (Is that a word? ... says the writer)
So it may not be intellectual but it will make you laugh. Or possibly scare you that the future of my generation is not a hopeful one. I think enough time has passed that we've redeemed ourselves from these kind of antics and proven that we're not all on drugs.
Anyway, a great ensemble cast piece that's just fun to watch... like a train wreck, you just can't look away.
