Remember the Daze From:Moira Kelly , Max Hoffman , Marnette Patterson , Christopher Marquette , John Robinson , FIRST LOOK HOME ENTERTAINMENT , First Look Pictures ,
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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: FIRST LOOK HOME ENTERTAINMENT
EAN: 0687797123695
Format: Color
Format: Dolby
Format: DVD-Video
Format: Subtitled
Format: Widescreen
Format: NTSC
Weight: 100 hundredths-pounds
Label: First Look Pictures
Manufacturer: First Look Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Packaged Height: 58 hundredths-inches
Packaged Length: 710 hundredths-inches
Packaged Weight: 18 hundredths-pounds
Packaged Width: 542 hundredths-inches
Publisher: First Look Pictures
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2008-06-03
Running Time: 101 minutes
Studio: First Look Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Product Description:
This comedy looks through the eyes of a handful of teenagers who make their way through the last day of high school in the last year of the past millennium and provides a glimpse into the teenage wasteland of 1999 suburbia. The film follows several students as they relish the advent of summer vacation and struggle with drugs, sex and the unpredictability of the future before them.
Customer Reviews:
 Totally High School, but it's No Dazed and Confused, 2008-09-11
Remember the Daze will seem a little reminiscent of Dazed and Confused and maybe they were trying to make the movie the Dazed and Confused of this era. The film is not horrible by any means, but Dazed and Confused it is not. What the movie most succeeds on is its resemblance to the real lives of high school students.
Remember the Daze follows several high school students as they just get out of school for the summer. Some just graduated, others are going into their last year of high school, some are finally leaving their freshman status behinds, and then there are the ones who just graduated junior high and are embarking on the high school lifestyle. Nonetheless, they all attend a party to celebrate the end of the school and you get to see the party from several different perspectives.
The movie, at times, seems like they just followed a bunch of students around with a camera. It will look more like a reality show than a scripted movie, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. If the point of Remember the Daze is to depict teenagers, particularly, their experiences and struggles, then it succeeds. However, the problem is the purpose of the movie is easily lost and hard to determine. I know a lot of people will probably view this and at the end wonder entirely what the meaning of the movie is supposed to be. It doesn't end neatly; it ends with a lot of loose ends, however maybe that's the point. If Remember the Daze is supposed to be reminiscent of real life, then most of us know that nothing ever is entirely resolved or certain in just a mere 24 hours. I think we are just used to the end of movies providing us some closure and I applaud Remember the Daze for trying to go against that.
It's also noteworthy that the film took on some difficult subject matter and this is where the actors surprisingly shined through. Sure, it's not a big named cast, but they all managed to bring something great to the movie. Since the movie lacks a well focused plot, the characters are the most important part of it and the performances in this film really made up for that. The characters are what will keep you watching.
My only fear about this movie is that people will be turned off by the mass amount of drinking, illegal substances, and activities. Some may say it doesn't represent the life of every teenager, this is true, but you can't deny the fact that these types of things happen/happened in this age group. It doesn't make what the movie is showcasing any less true, in fact, it may make it that much more real. It may just reveal what people have chosen to ignore all along.
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