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17 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Chicago ReaderLisa AlspectorChicago ReaderLisa AlspectorIt's not supposed to be a revelation--just a pleasant rendition of a teen-comedy trope
- 75San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleCan't Hardly Wait has freshness, comic invention and an engaging romantic spirit.
- But the film deserves credit, both for its breezy pacing and its uncommon tendency to make its characters smarter and geekier than they might have been.
- 50The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey[The soundtrack] manages to serve up new rock, eighties dance music, rap and Barry Manilow -- a combination custom-made to annoy audiences of all ages.
- 50VarietyEmanuel LevyVarietyEmanuel LevyA mediocre attempt to recapture the exuberance and candid portraiture of such high school movie classics as "American Graffiti," "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" and "Dazed and Confused."
- 50USA TodaySusan WloszczynaUSA TodaySusan WloszczynaSeeing gawky Charlie Korsmo, one-time movie moppet, as a superbrain whose introduction to alcohol leads him to do a rip-roaring rendition of Guns N' Roses' Paradise City, is worth a smile or two. But even that can't save [the] film.
- 50New York Daily NewsNew York Daily NewsFlunks the freshness test.
- 50ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliInstead of bringing intriguing characters with real problems and interesting dialogue to the bash, Kaplan and Elfont take the lazy approach of pulling generic stereotypes off the shelf and throwing them into a formulaic plot that doesn't offer one genuine surprise or meaningful moment.
- 50L.A. WeeklyManohla DargisL.A. WeeklyManohla DargisThe cast of mostly unknowns is agreeable if unnecessarily bland, not a Spicoli among them.
- 25Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThe filmmakers seem well in control of their chaotic material, but what can be said when the movie features wall-to-wall teenage alcohol abuse.