CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

Back to the finderTHE FILM / 1995
Kicking and Screaming posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

THE FEATURE PRESENTATION

MOVIE1995 1h 36m USA

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME

Keep the feeling.

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CURATING YOUR NEXT FRAME

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

After college graduation, Grover's girlfriend Jane tells him she's moving to Prague to study writing. Grover declines to accompany her, deciding instead to move in with several friends, all of whom can't quite work up the inertia to escape their university's pull. Nobody wants to make any big decisions that would radically alter his life, yet none of them wants to end up like Chet, the professional student who tends bar and is in his tenth year of university studies.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Olivia d'Abo

Olivia d'Abo

Jane

Parker Posey

Parker Posey

Miami

David DeLuise

David DeLuise

Bouncer

Cara Buono

Cara Buono

Kate

Perrey Reeves

Amy

Lauren Katz

Stephanie

John Lehr

Louis

Kaela Dobkin

Audra