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Groove

2000, Movie, R, 83 mins

Groove: Review

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A sweet-natured ode to rave culture saddled with a ridiculously clichéd plot line that first-time director Greg Harrison can blame on no one but himself, since he's also the screenwriter and editor. The action unfolds over the course of 12 hours, and starts with securing the locale: Promoter Ernie Townshend (Steve Van Wormer) and his cohorts break into a long-abandoned San Francisco warehouse and transform it into a grown-up play space, wired for sound and complete with candles, disco ball and trippy visuals. An e-mail goes out, and ravers begin making plans. Leyla (Lola Glaudini), a longtime NYC scene-maker new to the West Coast, looks for a ride. Rave regular Colin (Denny Kirkwood) persuades his uptight brother David (Hamish Linklater) to give it a whirl; Colin has a surprise for girlfriend Harmony (Mackenzie Firgens) and wants David to be there to share. Aaron (Bradley Ross) and Neil (Jeff Witzke) take a disco nap to prepare for their one-year anniversary night out. Chemistry student and part-time dealer Cliff (Ari Gold) is joined by his friend Todd (Angelo Spizzirri), who thinks the rave scene is touchie-feelie bull. People converge at the map point and make their way to the ever-growing party, where they hook up, break down and bliss out. Harrison has said he wanted his film to reflect the intense sense of community that fuels rave culture; ironically, the documentaries BETTER LIVING THROUGH CIRCUITRY and MODULATIONS are actually in a better position than GROOVE to explore the scene's emotional pull because they can turn the camera on a variety of people and let them explain themselves. Harrison's picture, by virtue of being fiction, has to define characters and then give them things to do; that his script is so reliant on hoary clichés is unfortunate, because they undermine its energy and the infectious drive generated by its pulsing soundtrack. — Maitland McDonagh leave a comment
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