Reality Bites
Universal Pictures | Release Date: February 18, 1994 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
67
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Generally favorable reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews
Positive:
18
Mixed:
6
Negative:
2
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60
EmpireAngie Errigo
A surprisingly sweet romantic comedy debut from Ben Stiller. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The performances are all just fine; I wish they'd been at the service of another movie. Read full review
50
TV Guide Magazine
In fact, it's often genuinely funny--but it's still an establishment picture pretending it's not. Read full review
50
USA TodayMike Clark
Bites may have a bit more on its mind, but it never equals even the weakest scene in Cameron Crowe's "Singles". [18 Feb 1994, p.5D]
40
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
There's probably a moderate little romantic comedy crying to get out here, but the film's vain striving for casual hip proves suffocatingly obtrusive. Read full review
40
VarietyLeonard Klady
The verite of this saga of Generation X is that it is no more fierce than a peck. "Reality Bites" begins as a promising and eccentric tale of contemporary youth but evolves into a banal love story as predictable as any lush Hollywood affair. Read full review
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