Singles (1992)

Very well executed

good back-story, and good acting

Admirable film.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Singles stars Bridget Fonda, Campbell Scott, Kyra Sedgwick, and Matt Dillon.The movie centers on the lives of a group of young people who are in their 20's and they are living in Seattle,Washington.These people includes Janet,a coffee-bar waitress fawning over Cliff,an aspiring,yet slightly aloof rock musician of a fictional grunge/rock band Citizen Dick;Linda Powell and Steve Dunne, respectively - a couple wavering on whether to commit to each other, and Debbie Hunt, who is trying to find Mr. Right - a man who would make an ideal romantic partner - by making a video to express her desire. The events of the film are set against the backdrop of the early 1990's grunge movement in Seattle.The film also has a number of cameos, including actors Eric Stoltz, Tom Skerritt, Peter Horton, director Tim Burton and the film's author/director, Cameron Crowe. From the musical side of the fence, Singles features appearances by Sub Pop executive Bruce Pavitt, musicians Chris Cornell, Pat DiNizio, Tad, and Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, Jeff Ament, and Stone Gossard, who play Dillon's backing band, Citizen Dick.Singles is a funny and engaging film.No question that Cameron Crowe had a great screenplay and the direction of the movie was simply great.The soundtrack was also amazing.This is definitely one of the good films ever released in the 90's for it is very smart and witness real people relate to each other about real feelings and using real words.

as the "Singles" soundtrack he wrote two songs for went platinum, but I'm still guessing 24 out of 25 average music "fans" couldn't pick him out of a police lineup. However, since he's still collecting royalties off it, I'm guessing his relative lack of fame doesn't really upset him.I just watched this for the first time in almost 20 years, and was rewarded with a decent (if understated) viewing experience. This movie sat on a shelf for 18 months until Warner Brothers finally released it in Sept. of '92, and were rewarded with a modest hit. By that point, the Seattle music scene had exploded, with Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Alice in Chains all huge national acts. In retrospect, the movie may have been a bigger hit if it would have focused primarily on all of the emerging bands instead of quirky "twenty-somethings", but then it wouldn't have been called "Singles", right.Once again, I'm not going to discuss the plot, as it's been hashed over several times here. Let's just say that if you want to see what the origins of grunge and its club scene looked like, this is a great place to start.P.S.-of all the great actor cameos everyone has talked about in this movie (Stoltz, Giamatti, Burton, Horton, Garber, Piven, Pullman, Skerritt, and even Cameron Crowe himself), the one that freaked me out the most was Christopher Masterson playing Steve at age 10. Being that he was probably in the 5th grade when he shot his scenes, I wonder if he can remember any of it today.P.S.S.-Bridget...COME BACK!!!!!!

SINGLES: Great way to help you meet someone. SINGLES-Shop and feel at home. Just about anything you need, you can find it at videodatinglove.com Visit us today! Meet that special person. Establish a relationship. Fall in love and get married. There are many ways to meet people. In order for you to meet that right person, you have to know how to meet them. We will show you videos. A video of someone really tells you a lot about them. A millionaire becomes a millionaire because he knows how to become a millionaire. Let us help you find the right person for you. Don't think you can't find him or her. You can!!! Think positive!!!

Singles is a simple but effective comedy that looks dated even now due to its frequent references to the then massive Seattle music scene. The plot,what little there is, involves a group of people living in an apartment block and the way in which their lives entwine in their desperate bids to find the ever elusive L word. Rife with cameo appearances including Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, Chris Cornell and even Tim Burton. Alien's Tom Skerritt appears briefly also. Matt Dillon is good in a role that sees him play the token musician while Bridget Fonda plays his long suffering, self-delusional girlfriend. Well worth a watch, even if you weren't a fan of the Seatle music scene.