150 Word Review: 'Singles' (1992)
State of love and trust
Singles ages better than most Gen X comedies. Reality Bites is probably the most famous of the overly-ironic 1990s coming-of-age movies, starring a generation’s worth of hot Hollywood talent (Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke, Ben Stiller, who also directed)
Writer/director Cameron Crowe’s Singles is less polished and, as a result, timeless. a blunt, compassionate rom-com about twentysomethings trying to connect. Kyra Sedgwick and Campbell Scott give nuanced performances as prickly lovers struggling to open up. A radiant Bridget Fonda plays a waitress/aspiring architect who gives her heart to a doofus musician, a perfectly cast Matt Dillon.
Cameron captures a moment and an eccentric city—Seattle at the dawn of grunge—and fills it with music from little-known bands like Soundgarden and Pearl Jam. That was 33 years ago. There were no cell phones. Dating was a contact sport. But being young and lonely, then and now, is always alienating.
Still prefer reality bites, can’t lie
Liked it so much, watched it twice. In the early-mid 90s.
Went back a decade later and “Singles” had lost its mojo.
I had changed.