One of my favorite comedies. Perfect cast, a thousand one liners, allseem to score. Unforgettable.

6:54 Zwan/Billy Corgans rendition of "Number of the Beast" is a perfect lead in song to this film as well

I've spoken frequently elsewhere about the constant generalizations of either gender within stories like this while those critical will completely ignore the basic nature of these characters. 'Adam' is not schooled on social graces which in 2024 are even less abundant from a culture that spends 80% of their days staring at screens. He was raised super sheltered and in many ways has an innocently romantic ideal about his love interest. It's a silly fairy tale film so if any women out there see this and complain then they should have a lot to say about a so-called PRINCE who makes out with a girl while she's unconscious. Just sayin'

It wasn’t about him being a “real man” it was about those clean cut “real men” being the typical a$$ wipes girls date and Adam being the awkward, seemingly creepy but actually just really kind and loving and unaware of boundaries. He was “weird” and sometimes we attack weirdness with creepiness but one doesn’t have to be the other. Sometimes it is and sometimes it isn’t. The guys who were “normal” ended up being the creeps. I always thought he was in the spectrum. Though not addressed specifically in the movie he was kind of just slow but smart at the same time. So many people who get labeled “creepy” are like this, socially slow, mentally sharp. I love this movie. Love the characters, the soundtrack, the actors and the what it was filmed.

Yea this was a fun road movie with good cars. I had it on vhs when it came out. It's basically two loners looking for a different life who find each other by the end of the film the same way that they met at the start, in the trunk of a car. It's not really a romcom, they require characters who are less outcast, typically trendy and popular to be fawned over by a more superficial and wider audience; probably why this movie bombed.

I enjoyed the movie, mostly because of the performances and visual style. (Mickey Rourke, fyi, is terrific!) For me, though, it had one fatal flaw: when Ross leaves April tied up, it sabotaged my sympathy for the character. Without that two-minute sequence, I think the film would have been so much stronger

This movie hit real heavy for me , very under rated. Ive met so many people like that when i was in my active addiction.Shit I was one of those people at one point and so many are dead now just like my best freind

Just subbed to you. I love your take and outlook. This movie really was an inside look into the reality of a user. I like when you explained how in their world what they do and how they act is normal but when they step out into the real world you can see their abnormalities. It's like when your at a gas station store at 7am buying some coffee and breakfast getting ready for the work day and next to you is a guy who's been up all night waiting for beer to sell.

The weirdo saved her from being abused, but it's unacceptable by today's standards. Even Karl Marx with his low standards would laugh about it.

This is one of my few favourite movies.

wtf … we don’t need your take on a classic

Such an underrated comedy. And it's crazy to look back to realize just how stacked this cast was.

Love it. It is a sadder Requiem though, and that's okay. Its such a charming film. In my favorites of all time.

I love you for making this, it’s great. Although similar to requiem for a dream, I think Darren aronofsky was inspired by this movie when he made the wrestler. Mickey rourke, a stripper/strip club, wrestling, drugs, tragedy are all similarities

THANK YOU! Do you know how many crappy reviews of this cool film I had to wade through before I found you and this good one? (It was 4) Subbing.

Speaking of films FULL of deplorable characters, watch Clerks.

OMG, talk about Culture shifts... I'm not a viewer/fan of SpongeBob simply because I outgrew cartoons when I discovered females at age 13. But I just turned on my set to see an episode depicting (within) seconds, a ONE-EYED character flying above who SPLATTERS Bob and his boss with...TARTAR SAUCE. No wonder so many adults watched this stuff. Too bad alot of kids did as well. Helps to explain Gen Z and their hypersexual nature's. Poor kids stood almost NO CHANCE to enjoy a healthy childhood

Jeez, guess what movie was also released in 1993...TRUE ROMANCE. Considering what I've learned about Dumb and Dumber & Pulp Fiction (both from '94), maybe it's time for me to bust out another movie match

Btw: Marisa Tomei's character is sweet and sincere but clearly she has issues falling for men who show her the attention she seeks. Slater plays a young man with ZERO social graces because of such little exposure and experience. These two were happy with each other in the story so for ppl outside of that realm to question it, is naive. Personally, I'm less enthusiastic about Slater and Patricia Arquette in True Romance. Tomei's Untamed mirror is The Wrestler. True Romance is Slaters

You should watch the garbage Amy Heckerling fed my Gen with Fast Times at Ridgemont High in the 80s (statutory rape/drugs/abortion), then see how she rearranged those narratives for 90s kids with Clueless.

Untamed/Wrestler cont., three details to consider: 1) the evolution of each film's romantic pair. 2) the male lead cutting themselves on the job. 3) the male lead's life choices surrounding their heart ailment

Tell ya what, I'm well-versed in the psychological game filmmakers play so I'm gonna offer this tip: watch Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei in 'The Wrestler'. Compare THAT film's conclusion with the ending of this movie. See what u discover...

Hollywood manipulates. Always has. Maybe when u reach your 50s and things are way worse... you'll get it.

Unfortunately, this channel host found the film 'Spun' to be "wildly entertaining". 😱😂 Perspectives can change but the target audiences stay the same

Yeah, most of today's girls/women can't relate to how ppl interacted 30-40 yrs ago but the unfortunate tags of Creepy and Stalker shouldn't be used so often about older scenarios that are nothing like today's twisted dynamics. Welcome to Bass-Ackwards America. Not their fault. Pop Culture does a good job of screwing almost everyone up. Example: parents allowing their children to sit in front of screens for hours while eating pizza and drinking Starbucks.

For me personally this felt like the saddest thing ever watched because of a guy who was born with a bad heart and is pretty much living out his final days because he knows he's dying.

This movie made me clean up my act, thank you Brittney, you made a difference in changing my life.... my life was just passing by.. you were right.

*whispers* i didnt understand The Boy and the Heron either. There are definitely other strange Ghibli films but normally Miyazaki’s themes are explored comprehensively if not concisely but Heron was a bonkers swirl of grief, existentialism and bird poop. Maybe i need to rewatch it

The right term is antropophagy not cannibalism

He literally says in the movie that he "follows her home to make sure she's safe".

Great review!

Thanks for a very insightful and respectful review. Greetings from Uruguay 🇺🇾

The disgusting smoking in this movie was gross! and Rosie perez was a terrible friend to caroline! I thought she was so annoying and it is a bit pathetic the way christian looks at marisa at first it looked like He was demented a bit! how the heck did he get into her room to put up that xmas tree! LOL!

holy cow he dose get shot in the balls andpplare likehows that feel yeah tghais movieis great

a slice of life is mildling putting it cause its what happens ha iused to hang with siper mike in a way well did u even watch it ha its on crackel or maybe tubi or jsut find it its an insight into a world of where ur drugs come from but not really ha fisbee ross well its good and yeahif u seen it u saw it

Cool vid and review I found the dvd randomly thought it looked cool and it didn’t disappoint, I also love that almost everyone who showed up in the film got a logo title for their character, I feel like you’re able to instantly put a name to a face even if they got one line

It’s a movie, and you’re 3 decades out. Things were a lit different early 90’s; the entire culture was different, and judging from your words, I don’t think you were there (at the right time, at least) to get it. You can’t interpret this from today’s perspective, because so many things are different. The things you keep harping on as not making sense, or being “creepy”, etc don’t matter. I’d wager to guess you wouldn’t appreciate Edward Scissorhands, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, Chasing Amy, and a bunch of other great movies from the same time period, as well as foreign and independent film from any time. Sad for you. Art is timeless.

In context, i saw this film twice in the theater at age 18. Once by myself, second time with a gurl. She did not find it creepy at all. It was the 90s and your world was the parameters of your town. Now it's the scope of the web. Having limited options meant both sides of the relationship considered this devotion. 2023 audience would see this level of commitment as creepy.

I have to give this movie credit for tackling an issue that we rarely talk about. A quick paragraph about me: I'm a blind guy who basically grew up in an institution. Until fifth grade I went to a regular school, but I was isolated in a special room due to the unique way I had to be taught which would have been disruptive to the rest of my class. After that I was sent to a boarding school for blind people. So I was basically raised in some form of segregation until I was 21. We learn social norms and rules as children by observing the behaviour of others, attempting to emulate what we observe, and hopefully having good parents to teach us which behaviours are good and which ones are not. When you grow up in isolation or other atypical circumstances, you are almost sertenly going to have a skewed frame of reference for what constitutes normality. In my case, I had limited opportunities to interact with my non-disabled peers, and I often had entire teams of people supporting me so I could learn the same things a normal kid could learn by sitting in a class with fifty other normal kids. When I got out and found myself in the real world, I simply had no idea how to act. I had to learn the rules by breaking them and experiencing consequences, and even then it took many such violations over many years to understand what specific social rule I was breaking and why it was a rule in the first place. Nobody is going to cut you slack because they can't possibly be expected to understand the circumstances leading to the behaviour. They just see inappropriate behaviour and react to it as if you are an ordinary adult who should know better. It's unfair, it sucks, but its nobody's fault. It would be unfair to judge Adam for his behaviour, but it would be just as unfair to expect Caroline to understand why Adam doesn't know better or to take it upon herself to educate him. Though a little over the top, I think this movie did a decent job of shedding light on the realities of being thrown into the real world after being raised under abnormal circumstances where the rules are completely different.

This movie was awesome. I adored it and saw it many times back in the day. Guess you had your be there.

I remember my mom renting this movie back in the day

Thanks. I just found out about this film and watched it tonight. I'm amazed at all the insight and little things I missed ... Obviously I was somewhat dismayed by the low budget look and clearly it affected my preconceptions. Dare I say I must have been unwittingly unknowingly prejudiced without realizing it Having been born in 1981 I was very aware growing up in the climate of what the US and HIV/Aids gay plague/gay cancer wS like... Oh brother a lot of the cinematic devices and quirks and nods and characters intentions...and i guesss eveb what peioke today would call "easter eggs" are founs in the film Anyway I'm a huge fan of Steve Buscemi and I'm very impressed and amazed that you spend a year working on this but it's a great video thank you for the efforts. Also one final thing, This could be due to the fact that my favorite genre is documentaries But I actually found your video clip on KZbin here to be more entertaining and interesting than the film itself Which is the side really did enjoy the film and see it as historically relevant and important BB Yet I absolutely loved this video and you made

Classic!

great film

I worked 3 days on DROWNING MONA was in it for a few seconds.

The ending makes me tear up all the time it's a hell of rollercoaster type movie that is never dull at any moment, great movie essay by the way.

You did a really good job on this video! If I never seen the movie, this video would make me go see it!

The film clearly shows she didn’t like the fact he was stalking her when she first realised it she backs away from him. She builds a relationship despite this as she empathises with the fact he has been starved of closeness and intimacy due to his early life circumstances. I felt it did a good job of showing how she was cautious of him and at first closed off. I think she sees that he doesnt know how to express himself but can feel a pure and innocent love off him. She herself is a little naive chasing love at the start of the film from guys who won’t open their heart and are playing the field. I think she appreciates his sensitivity despite his lack of experience and maturity. As for autistic I’m not sure if it’s a good definition of what’s happened to him, he’s exhibiting withdrawn behaviours from traumatic early life experiences that maybe look like symptoms of autism.

I love this movie so much. My family thinks im insane for having memorized the whole thing. Really too bad that this movie arrived dead in the water. So to speak

Extremely underrated comedy, my father doesn't laugh much but I remember him loving this movie.