Romance

Comedy

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Singles

Atkinson/Knickerbocker Productions

Warner Bros. Pictures

United States of America

English

Bridget Fonda

Campbell Scott

Kyra Sedgwick

Matt Dillon

Sheila Kelley

Jim True-Frost

Bill Pullman

James LeGros

Ally Walker

Tom Skerritt

Jeremy Piven

Tim Burton

Peter Horton

Devon Raymond

Camilo Gallardo

Paul Giamatti

Eric Stoltz

Bill Smillie

Christopher Masterson

Dana Eskelson

Debi Mazar

Randy Thompson

Stone Gossard

Jeff Ament

Cameron Crowe

Chris Cornell

Thomas A. Doyle

Alice Marie Crowe

Jim Hechim

Heather Hughes

Victor Garber

Amy Hill

Joan Giammarco

Matt Cameron

Jerry Cantrell

Sean Kinney

Ben Shepherd

Kim Thayil

Eddie Vedder

Layne Staley

Mike Starr

Chuck McQuary

Matt Magnano

Jaffar Smith

Mykol Hazen

Art Cahn

Michael Su

Jane Jones

Johnny "Sugarbear" Willis

Alicia Roper

Xavier McDaniel

Wayne Cody

Pat DiNizio

'Crazy Steve' Olsen

Bernard Bentley

Stephen Rutledge

Daniel Johnson

Bruce Pavitt

Michael Gardner

Sandra P. Grant

Karen LaVoie

Tom Francis

Jerry Ziesmer

Nina Escudero

Dan Wartman

Mike Parker

Bradley Kok

Clay A. Griffith

Richard Hashimoto

Jane Ruhm

Richard Chew

Mark Haack

Stephen J. Lineweaver

Art Linson

Owens Hill

Tak Fujimoto

Ueli Steiger

Paul Westerberg

Sukey Fontelieu

Candace Neal

**_Quirky romcom with the backdrop of the early 90's grunge scene_**

Two 20-something couples and others explore life & love during the advent of the grunge scene in Seattle. Dillon's character is the only one musically involved in the scene, as the vocalist of the band Citizen Dick. The two couples are played by Campbell Scott & Kyra Sedgwick and Bridget Fonda & Dillon while other cast members include Sheila Kelley and Bill Pullman.  

Although "Singles" was released in September 1992 it was actually shot in March-May, 1991, a full half a year _before_ the explosion of grunge music with the success of Nirvana's NEVERMIND. Writer/director Cameron Crowe originally wrote the script in 1984 with the setting of Phoenix in mind but rewrote it six years later inspired by how the burgeoning Seattle grunge community came together after the death of Mother Love Bone's singer in March, 1990.

The flick is a little reminiscent of 2001's "Rock Star," but the latter is better IMHO simply because it focuses more on the music scene than romantic relationships. Not to mention the style of music in "Rock Star" is metal, which is preferable in my book (although Alice In Chain's song performed live for this movie definitely smacks of metal).

The very title "Singles" tips off that this is a romcom focusing on dating. As such, if you favor dating movies you'll probably like "Singles," even if you don't particularly like grunge. Speaking of which, the soundtrack includes cuts by grunge luminaries Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Mudhoney, Alice In Chains, Mother Love Bone, Jane's Addiction, Smashing Pumpkins and Screaming Trees, amongst others. In fact, quite a few grunge stars have cameos, such as Chris Cornell, Layne Staley, Eddie Vedder and Kim Thayil.

The film runs 1 hour, 39 minutes, and was shot in Seattle.

GRADE: B-

I don't understand the hate for this, it's a nice little rom-com.  I think the big deal was that they tried to make it Gen-X and, for the most part, it got rejected because commercial film, and I get that, I don't understand it because it was still done well, but I get it... it's a Rom-Com, it's supposed to be that way.  If they casted Meg Ryan you can complain more.

Had it been released in the 80s it would have played, and they not tried to focus on grunge, it would have been better received.

The focus is really all over the place and that is part of the charm. And probably also why it was rejected, but the ensemble cast works. Bridget Fonda is adorable, probably the most relatable in the cast, but it does manage the "I know people like that" characters, and the "I've done that" scenes that makes it relatable across the cast.  Cliff, for example, Matt Dillon's character, you knew someone like that in your twenties.  "If I make this basked, I should call him," everyone's done that over something.

So it has marks for relatability,  it has marks for a well done ensemble.  It does what Romantic Comedies should do, they just needed to bring all the characters into the apartment complex to really pull it off better.

Singles (1992) - Original Trailer

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