My Review of
Can't Hardly Wait
By: Kahn -- July 1st, 1998
 
(from left) "homeboy" Kenny Fisher (Seth Green), shy confidante Denise Fleming
 (Lauren Ambrose), aspiring writer Preston Meyers (Ethan Embry), class knockout
 Amanda Beckett (Jennifer Love Hewitt), superjock Mike Dexter (Peter Facinelli) and
 sci-fi geek William Lichter (Charlie Korsmo).
 
 
 
July 1st, 1998
 
    Can't Hardly Wait was a overall good movie, but I didn't like the main plot about Preston Meyres (Ethan Embry) obsession/love for Amanda Beckett (Jennifer Love Hewitt). The main plot was weak and I think sort of lame. Ethan Embry's character, Preston, was so boring and I found my self paying more attention to what I thought would happen to the other characters. The other part of the plot, graduating from hischool and having a huge party was a great choice for a semi plot. The semi plot took away some of the boringness in the main plot, but not completely.
    Even though the down sides of this movie were the main plot and the horrible acting on the part of the two main characters, Amanda (Hewitt) and Preston (Embry), there was a huge upside by the break through performances of Seth Green (Kenny Fisher) and Charlie Korsmo (William Lichter). These two lit up the screen with humour and excitement. Kenny and his "bathroom" incident was hilarious.(Click here for a picture of him in the bathroom.) Charlie just made my laughing non stop when he began singing "Take me down to the paridise city where the grass is green and the girls are pretty."
    So over all excellent performances by Seth and Charlie as well as Lauren Ambrose (Denise Fleming). All this wonderful acting took some of the horrible acting and crapy main plot away.
    I rate this movie a 7.5 out of 10, because this movie was exteamly funny in area, corny in others (Preston), terrible acting for a couple of the actors, but a great recovery by Seth Green, Charlie Korsmo, and Lauren Ambrose.
    So I would recomend Can't Hardly Wait to any one who loves Seth Green especially, because Seth is the main hilight of the movie, and who loves laughs and a great time, but doesn't mind some bad acting(Recovered as I said before.), and not a great main plot (also recovered).

 

-- Kahn