Coming Soon (1999 film)
Coming Soon is a 1999 American romantic comedy film directed by Colette Burson and written by Burson and Kate Robin. Starring Bonnie Root, Gaby Hoffmann, Tricia Vessey and Ryan Reynolds, it has been described as a female-centric American Pie. It marked Ashton Kutcher's film debut.
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| Directed by | Colette Burson |
| Written by | Colette Burson Kate Robin |
| Produced by | Keven Duffy Beau Flynn Stefan Simchowitz |
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| Cinematography | Joaquín Baca-Asay |
| Edited by | Norman Buckley |
| Music by | Christophe Beck |
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| Distributed by | Unapix Entertainment Productions |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $5,453[1] |
Plot
Three wealthy, savvy high school seniors have everything: brains, beauty, money, popularity, powerful parents, and boyfriends. Stream Hodsell is a smart, down-to-earth strawberry blonde. Sassy Jenny Simon masks her intelligence behind a guise of fishnet stockings. Nell Kellner is a soulful. The girls attend the prestigious and expensive Halton School in Manhattan. Among their boyfriends are Chad and garage band musician Henry Lipschitz.
The trio, however, still feel unfulfilled. After losing her virginity without obtaining sexual satisfaction, Stream is confused as well as unfulfilled and studies the problem with self-help books, women's magazines and the comically misinformed advice of her peers. Judy Hodsell is Stream's distracted ex-hippie mom, Dick Hodsell is her yuppie father with a new young girlfriend, Mimi, and Mr. Jennings is a feel-good career counselor.
Cast
- Bonnie Root as Stream Hodsell
- Gaby Hoffmann as Jenny Simon
- Tricia Vessey as Nell Kellner
- Ryan Reynolds as Henry Rockefeller Lipschitz
- Yasmine Bleeth as Mimi
- Mia Farrow as Judy Hodsell
- Ryan O'Neal as Dick
- James Roday Rodriguez as Chad
- Spalding Gray as Mr. Jennings
- Peter Bogdanovich as Bartholomew
- Bridget Barkan as Polly
- Ramsey Faragallah as Wahid
- Ashton Kutcher as Louie
- James McCaffrey as Dante
- Victor Argo as Mr. Neipris
- Tim Cunningham as Dr. Frank
Reception
The film received mixed to negative reviews from critics. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 38% score based on 8 reviews, with an average rating of 4.5/10.[2] Metacritic reports a 44 out of 100 rating based on 7 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[3]