Can't Hardly Wait Page #7

Synopsis: It's high school graduation and, like all seniors, they want to party. So, 500 high school seniors look forward to a party while, in the meantime, a boy wants to get a girl he's loved for years who just broke up with her boyfriend, and one head-case who wants revenge on a lifelong bully. So, the party comes, things develop. People have sex, drink, and go along with most of the guidelines of a high school graduation party.
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Production: Columbia Pictures
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.5
Metacritic:
52
Rotten Tomatoes:
40%
PG-13
Year:
1998
100 min
1,725 Views


about a reunion?

Nothing big.

A few new songs.

Mostly old stuff.

I could be into that.

Sure. Why not?

When we were in love

you used fo cry

Said I love you

like the sfars above

- I love you, man!

- I love you too.

How's my boys?

Yo, what's up with my niggas, man?

- Cold floor! Cold floor.

- I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

It's okay.

Have you ever done this before?

Yeah. Yeah.

No. Why, have you?

Yeah, once.

It was this guy...

I don't want to know.

You're right.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

- Are they gone? Are they still here?

- I think they're gone, man.

If they were still here,

I'd break 'em like Kato!

Cops! Let's bail!

This is it.

I knew we could do it.

One, two, three!

Everybody freeze!

The cops!

Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

Bill, you never signed

my yearbook.

- We can hide in the pool house.

- What the...

Hey, viva la pool house, right?

- Come on!

- Pool house. Pool house. Mike!

My pants!

Back here, Billy.

Mike, wait.

It worked. All right,

take off their clothes.

Get the Polaroid.

Look at you, mister.

I'm a big football jock.

How do you like me now, buddy?

Look. My flashlight.

Oh, no. It's William.

Oh, God. Let's get outta here.

Jesus cribs!

Let's load these sickos

into the wagon.

Well.

So...

You know...

It gets better.

- What?

- Well...

next time, you know...

you won't be...

It can go for longer.

No, that's not what I meant.

I meant that since

we'd never done it before...

together, that...

How do you know

it wasn't your fault?

You said yourself

you'd only done it one time before.

Does that made you

some kind of expert?

I never said I was an expert.

'Cause my sh*t could've been

slammin' with somebody else.

What?

Look, baby.

It ain't your fault

you lack the flavor.

You a**hole.

- Who the hell is in here?

- Don't you even knock?

This is my house!

Yeah? You should fix that door!

- Don't touch me. You make me sick.

- Get out!

- Denise!

- Get out!

- I'm trying to!

- Well, let me help you!

Now, get out!

What is your problem?

My problem?

You want to know what my problem is?

I'll tell you what my problem is!

Are you just gonna walk home?

It's not that far.

Just...

Just stop, okay?

Look, just slow down a sec,

would you?

I want to explain.

- Don't bother.

- No, no, no. Come on.

Look, I'm...

I'm sorry.

You know...

Yeah.

I shouldn't have said...

You know.

I'm sorry too.

So.

Lichter!

- William!

- What?

Let's go!

Time to get up!

Your parents are here

to take you home.

Oh, God!

My parents! Have you seen them?

Are they really angry?

Have you seen my father?

Does he have a weapon?

Afraid not.

Actually, they're more worried

about you than anything else.

You know, 'cause it's

not your fault that...

"Mike Dexter beat you up and forced you

to drink alcohol until you passed out."

He wh... what?

That's the statement

we got from the Dexter kid.

He made you drink,

took your clothes off...

Yeah, you know.

It's just funny

that he finally...

came clean, you know.

Mike, always pickin' on me, yeah.

Oh, God.

Well, whatever.

It might be a good idea

to lay off that alcohol.

Your life's gonna go down the crapper,

unless that's what you're goin' for.

- Thank you.

- You bet.

- Thank you.

- You're welcome.

- That a boy.

- Thank you.

Easy now. All right.

Thank you.

To your right.

Did you like

The flowers I sent

You could've called fo thank me

Well, you could've called

And I tried to kiss you

On Brooklyn Avenue

Buf you got in your car

Before I could move

And I've been

Falling like fhe rain

You've got your imbrella

In my way

Fists and fingers

Tongues and feeth

I wanna see you

Get out.

Are you kidding me?

Kenny Fisher?

- You guys are a couple now?

- No.

No. I don't know.

Can I come to your wedding?

I really should've taken this one

to the grave.

Off of me, please. On to you.

Did you finally? Amanda?

You did? And?

It's okay. I'm okay.

You know, I...

We weren't meant to be,

which sucks, but...

I know it's over, it's done.

I don't know.

Maybe there isn't

such a thing as fate.

And maybe it's all bullshit.

I feel like...

maybe it was a hero's trial.

Something to make me

come out a better person.

I'm trying to make the best of it.

God.

It would've been cool

to make out with her, though.

Would you make out with me?

- Call me when you get there.

- Definitely.

Take care.

Gimme a hug.

Take care of yourself, okay?

Just so you know.

Just judging from

my little experience last night...

I do think there's

such a thing as fate.

It just works

in really f***ed-up ways sometimes.

Especially in your case.

I'm sorry. You gave that to me.

I had to take it.

Peace out, G.

Nobody understands

the value of a yearbook.

- Memories are all we have.

- That's what I've been saying.

All I know is, tonight...

I'm gonna be at some bar

with chicks all over me.

And you guys...

are gonna be at home

with your lame-ass girlfriends.

- Maybe we should break up with them.

- That's what I'm sayin'.

I never got a chance to thank you

for covering for me last night.

Thanks for telling the cops

all that stuff.

I don't think I'm gonna be drinking

like that for a while.

- That stuff you said...

- Yo! Yo!

Who said you could sit

with us, geek?

Shouldn't you be home

playing with your computer?

Yeah, why don't you go home,

watch "Star Trek," Urkel?

Urkel.

That's genius!

When will I see you again

Yo, you want some of this?

Precious moments

Are we in love

Or jusf friends

Or is this the end

The Boston Bullet

now boarding at frack 28.

Will passengers wifh tickefs

for fhe Bosfon Bullef...

please board af track 28.

Excuse me.

I think you dropped this.

What are you doing here?

Well, your dad told me that you'd

be here, so I thought that I would...

- That's my letter.

- Thought it was my letter.

Yeah, of course it's your letter.

I just...

- Did you read it?

- Yeah.

Let me just say that I don't know

what I put in that letter.

- I wrote it so many times that it...

- Thank you.

Thank you.

I mean, you're welcome.

So...

you're leaving now?

God.

Yeah.

- It's just...

- Really bad timing?

Yeah.

I've got this workshop

with Kurt Vonnegut, and...

- He's my hero and...

- Wow!

That's great.

That's really great. Congratulations.

Thanks.

Well, you should...

You should probably go, then.

Maybe it's better this way.

Maybe I should just be single

for a while or something.

Sure.

Maybe it's like you said.

You know, all this happened

for a reason.

I said that, didn't I?

Well...

Preston, good luck.

Yeah, you too.

I'll see ya.

All I needed was fhe love you gave

All I needed for another day

And all I ever knew

Only you

This is gonna take a long time

And I wonder what's mine

Can't fake no more

You know...

there's probably a later train

I could take.

I can't believe we jumped William.

Yeah. I can't believe

we didn't go in to the party.

- It probably sucked anyway.

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Deborah Kaplan

Deborah Kaplan (born November 11, 1970) is an American screenwriter and film director. Raised in Abington, Pennsylvania, Deborah Kaplan met her creative partner Harry Elfont while they were both enrolled at the Tisch School of the Arts of New York University (NYU). They have since written several films together, and directed two: Can't Hardly Wait and Josie and the Pussycats. Kaplan married actor Breckin Meyer (who had small roles in both of the films she directed) on October 14, 2001. They have two children together, a daughter named Keaton Willow, born on December 31, 2003 and another daughter named Clover. The marriage ended in divorce in 2012. more…

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