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This movie changed my life. How? The books that the character ‘Troy’ (Ethan Hawke) either reads or references in the movie. Sure, it’s a great movie but what meant the most for me was the director’s or writer’s (or whoever it was) choice to use or reference the following books: Martin Heidegger’s “Being and Time”, Robert Pirsig’s “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” and John Steinbeck’s “The Winter of Our Discontent”. Read those books and you will be forever changed!
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The opening speech by Lelaina (Winona Ryder) at the beginning sets an accurate mood for the rest of the film: optimism tinged with confusion and a lack of direction. In reality, the young adults in this film depict only a small slice of their generation, those who “aren’t interested in the counterculture that they [our parents] invented as if we did not see them disembowel their revolution for a pair of running shoes.” I may be a few years behind the generation portrayed in the film, but I’m not entirely without empathy for the restless plight of this group of slackers. Even so, the speech is a horrible oversimplification of the generation gap of the time, and the film is more easily digested if the core group of characters is seen as only one slice of a very large generation.
There is a lot of similarity between Reality Bites and films like Garden State and Harold and Maude, sharing the same ennui and restlessness that seems insatiable and overwhelming. The striking difference, though, is Reality Bites’ strong sense of friendship and community as a means of overcoming this ennui. I felt that if any of these characters were left entirely to himself, he would commit suicide, and the core group of friends is what saved them all.
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Unfortunately, their friendships are not enough to keep them from slipping into a dangerous selfishness and narcissism: Lelaina refuses for a while to find a paying job, and only seems to be attracted to Troy (Ethan Hawke) because of the emotions he conjures up in her; Troy, even after saying that she is the only woman he could commit to, says, “You can’t navigate me, I might do mean things, and I might hurt you and I might run away without your permission”; Vickie (Janeane Garofalo) is addicted to sex but hates the thought of a lasting relationship; and Sammy (Steve Zahn) is full of wounded pride. Michael (Ben Stiller) is intellectually shallow, but he seems to be the only person with any emotional maturity, and he easily sees through Troy’s snobby attitude.
ENDING SPOILERS: The film ends with a romance between Lelaina and Troy that seems destined to end badly if Troy doesn’t wise up and accept the criticism that’s been levelled at him. There’s a part of me that cheered for him, but a larger part that wanted to smack him in the face until he wised up and applied for grad school. The problem with these kids is that they are immature, and have no ideal of maturity to attain to. Their parents (of the rebellious 60s generation) rejected their own parents’ ideas of maturity, and so their own children have very little left to work with. Reality Bites is more of a romantic tragedy than a romantic comedy, even though it seems to turn out well in the end. I really wanted the characters to find something better to build their lives on, but when the credits rolled I was afraid they would just keep repeating their mistakes for the rest of their lives.
For what it’s worth, the acting and directing are quite good, though not great. I got a kick out of seeing so many big-name actors at a younger age. Ben Stiller’s direction is good, and not as manic as what he later did in Zoolander. Unfortunately there aren’t any special features except production notes and a forgettable trailer.
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