Pity poor Generation-X, creative, cynical, overeducated, looking for love in all the wrong places and tired of being told they're overprivileged whiners who don't know what real problems are. Ben Stiller's REALITY BITES is a Hollywood movie for them, a make-believe underground picture
all about how tough it is to be young and misunderstood.
Lelaina (Winona Ryder), Troy (Ethan Hawke), Vickie (Janeane Garofalo), and Sammy (Steve Zahn) are college buddies coping miserably with having been cast out into the cold, cruel world. Lelaina, who aspires to be a filmmaker and busily tapes little vignettes about her friends' lives, and Vickie,
the plain slut who carries a...
Released:
1994
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
99 mins