“Desperation - it's the world's worst cologne.”While he will always be known for his directorial debut, Say Anything, writer/director Cameron Crowe deserves a lot of credit for avoiding the sophomore jinx with his second, equally enjoyable film, Singles.
Set in grunge-era Seattle, the film focuses on a group of 20-somethings going through their quarter-life crisis trying to figure out what they want to do with their lives and who they want by their side when they do it.
There’s Steve (Campbell Scott), the traffic study guy, who’s falling in love with Linda (Kyra Sedgwick) the ecology activist; Debbie (Sheila Kelley) the man-hungry ad exec who makes a dating video proclaiming “Come to where the flavor is. Come to Debbie country;” and Janet (Bridget Fonda), the idealistic romantic who is so in love with the idea of being in love that she refuses to believe her stoner musician boyfriend (an hilarious Matt Dillon) tells her point blank that he’s seeing other people.
There’s a universality to Crowe’s writing that makes the angst his characters put themselves through feel fresh and believable, which is impressive given the fact that the film was made 15 years ago and most romantic comedies made since then have the shelf life of a soap bubble.
And if none of that makes you want to watch this delightful film, do it for the cameos: Eddie Vedder, Paul Giamatti, Chris Cornell, Peter Horton and, believe it or not, the one and only Tim Burton.
Starring Campbell Scott, Kyra Sedgwick, Bridget Fonda, Matt Dillon.
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