Coming Soon (1999)

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Coming Soon: Directed by Colette Burson. With Bonnie Root, Gaby Hoffmann, Tricia Vessey, James Roday Rodriguez. The trials and tribulations of wealthy young Manhattanites and their sexual coming of age, a romantic comedy set at an Upper East Side prep school.

“Ughh. This is a really annoying u0026quot;comedyu0026quot; (and I use that term very generously) about three rich highschool girls and how they constantly bitch and complain about their idiot boyfriends and about not climaxing during sex — until one of them finally finds true love with the only male character whou0026#39;s not a complete jackass (we know heu0026#39;s cool because he likes to express himself by rolling in mud). The filmmakers apparently rounded up a bunch of their Hollywood pals (Peter Bogdanovich, Ryan Ou0026#39;Neal, Mia Farrow and Yasmine Bleeth make perfunctory appearances), but not even the talents of a Steven Spielberg or David Fincher couldu0026#39;ve saved this movieu0026#39;s wretched script. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003enThe film wears its hip attitude on its sleeve as it tries to be as edgy and darkly humorous as u0026quot;Heathersu0026quot; (which it so obviously wants to be) and as frank about teen sex as u0026quot;Fast Times at Ridgemont High.u0026quot; Unfortunately, the writers forgot to put even one remotely interesting character in their film, instead populating it with a bunch of boring, rich snobs, whom the writers constantly make fun of for being vain, shallow and stupid. Talk about the kettle calling the pot black. Avoid like the plague.”

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