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Nowhere

6.3

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Original title

Nowhere

Year

1997

Running time

82 min.

Country

United States

Director

Gregg Araki

Screenwriter

Gregg Araki

Cast

Music

Various

Cinematography

Arturo Smith

Producer

Co-production United States-France;

Why Not Productions, Blurco, Desperate Pictures, UGC Images. Distributor: Fine Line Features

Genre

Comedy. Drama. Sci-Fi | Broad Comedy. Teen Comedy. Teen/coming-of-age. Drugs. Friendship. Cult Movie. Independent Film (US). Gay & Lesbian

Movie Groups

Teenage Apocalypse Film Trilogy

Synopsis

A group of teenagers try to sort out their lives and emotions while bizarre experiences happen to each one, including alien abductions, bad acid trips, bisexual experiences, suicides, bizarre deaths, and a rape by a TV star. All of this happens before "the greatest party of the year".

Awards: 1997: Sitges Film Festival: Official Selection

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Critics' reviews

"The truth is you can find more entertaining absurdities and thrilling nihilism from watching the average episode of 'Melrose Place' or 'Beverly Hills, 90210'"

Liam Lacey: The Globe and Mail
"Teen nihilism of the cheapest kind, it's as pretentious as Jean-Luc Godard"

Time Out
"'Nowhere' is Araki's most accomplished film yet, and if it never quite comes together, it's still a wildly entertaining film"

Nathan Rabin: AV Club
"If it weren't so overpopulated and desperate to shock, Nowhere might have succeeded as a maliciously cheery satire of Hollywood brats overdosing on the very concept of Hollywood."

Stephen Holden: The New York Times
"Inferior teen drugs-drama, lacking depth and a point. (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"

Jake Hamilton: Empire
"Take this picture literally and you're in trouble; better to view it as an allegory on youthful despair in which Araki deftly scores serious points without taking himself too seriously."

Kevin Thomas: Los Angeles Times

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Nowhere

1997

Gregg Araki

6.3

(1,105)