| | | A comedy about love in the Ô90s.
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), Dolby Surround Sound, Audio Commentary, Music Video, Featurettes, Deleted Scenes, Theatrical Trailer, English, French, Spanish Subtitled
Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke and Ben Stiller (directing his first feature film) star in this wildly romantic comedy that looks at life, love and the pursuit of gainful employment through the eyes of a generation sandwiched somewhere between The Brady Bunch and Melrose Place! As her college valedictorian, Lelaina Pierce (Ryder) should be destined for greatness. In reality she is a lowly production assistant for an obnoxious TV morning show host (John Mahoney). In her free time, Lelaina is making a biting, often outrageous video documentary about her peers: promiscuous, '70s-crazed roommate Vickie (Janeane Garafalo), sexually repressed Sammy (Steve Zahn) and best friend Troy (Hawke), a brilliant but unmotivated rebel. Meanwhile, Lelaina meets Michael (Stiller), an ambitious video executive who wants to showcase her documentary on "In Your Face TV." Suddenly, she finds herself at the center of a very odd love triangle with dependable, fast-track Michael on the one side and a sexy, brooding Troy on the other. Whether cruising to "Tempted" by Squeeze or rocking to The Knack's "My Sharona," Ryder and friends shine in this hilarious romance that's "pure entertainment." (Rolling Stone Magazine)
"...a tender, irreverent romance..." Rita Kempley, Washington Post
"Hawke captures all the right notes... Ryder has her character nailed down..." Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Editor's Note
Lelaina Pierce (Winona Ryder) faces life after college, using a video documentary about her confused and drifting friends to advance her ambitions in the entertainment industry. When a video executive (Ben Stiller, also making his directorial debut) becomes romantically interested in her, she is forced to choose between her slacker boyfriend (Ethan Hawke) and the big cruel world of adulthood lurking ahead.
Plot Summary
An intelligent young college grad-gone-filmmaker decides to make a movie about some of her confused and struggling twentysomething friends. Along the way, she tries to figure out the answers to her own quandaries about life, love and work.
| Features | Reality Bites: Retrospective | | Audio: English, French Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound; Spanish Dolby Digital Stereo | | Deleted Scenes | | Feature Commentary With Actor/Director Ben Stiller And Writer Helen Childress | | Lisa Loeb: "Stay (I Missed You)" Music Video | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Theatrical Trailer | | Widescreen Presentation |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Universal |
| Release Date: 2/27/2007 |
| Running Time: 99 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1993 | | Catalog ID: 23827 | | UPC: 00025192382727 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
MTV Award (1994) | | | Ethan Hawk, Winona Rider, Nominee, Best Kiss |
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| | Professional Reviews | Sight and Sound
"...Genuinely smart and funny..." 07/01/1994 p.50-1New York Times
"...SLACKER without the slackness, intentionally commercial and breezily entertaining....A spectacular cast..." 02/18/1994 p.C3 Entertainment Weekly
"...Tenderly funny..." -- Rating: A 03/11/1994 p.42 Los Angeles Times
"...A romantic comedy that is cheerful, edgy and alive..." 02/18/1994 p.F1 Rolling Stone
"REALITY BITES is a touchstone for anyone just out of college and stuck with more ideals than job prospects..." 07/08/2004 p.138 Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide 7 of 10
An incisive examination of Generation X, whose young people are confused, and repelled by the world
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