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starring: Matt Dillon, Bridget Fonda, Camilo Gallardo, Peter Horton, Sheila Kelley
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780790731773
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
ISBN: 0790731770
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: August 12, 1997
Running Time: 106 minutes
Sales Rank: 9314
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: September 18, 1992
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
A romantic comedy set against the background of the Seattle grunge scene of the late '80s and early '90s, Singles contains music and/or cameo appearances by the music groups who defined the movement, including Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Mudhoney, Screaming Trees, Mother Love Bone, and others. (For a definitive documentary treatment of the same pop-music phenomenon, see Hype!) The plot is really a series of interconnected stories about various Seattle singles--some of who are part of a couple, at least temporarily. Matt Dillon plays a longhaired rocker whose girlfriend (Bridget Fonda) is considering breast enlargement surgery. As Steve and Linda, Campbell Scott and Kyra Sedgwick are going through the awkward stages of a relationship--that point when quirky little traits that may have seemed attractive initially can evolve into major annoyances. It's a funny, sweet, enjoyable picture that captures some of the flavor of the Northwest, where writer-director Cameron Crowe relocated after marrying Seattle native Nancy Wilson of Heart. (The Wilson sisters also appear on the soundtrack as members of The Lovemongers.) Ten years before the release of Singles in 1992, Crowe was the 'boy wonder' reporter for Rolling Stone magazine who went back to high school in order to research and write what became Fast Times at Ridgemont High. His other work includes Jerry Maguire (1996) and Say Anything (1989). --Jim Emerson
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - A Highlight!!!
Wanna dive into Seattle in the early 90s? Wanna hear some outstanding songs written by incredible bands? Wanna see some good acting? Buy it!!!
Rating:  - When grunge ruled the world!
Singles is a film written and directed by Cameron Crowe. This 1992 semi-classic is an interesting movie for its time period, just when grunge and the whole Seattle scene was popular. I just love Matt Dillion and Bridget Fonda's unhealthy relationship in this film, he ignores her for his lame friends and she is a pushover and decides to get breasts implants to entice her man. Fonda's character ultimately comes to her senses and I think she is such an under-rated actress, she is fabulous here. Good ... Read More
Rating: - Desperation - it's the world's worst cologne
Singles is a film written and directed by Cameron Crowe that somehow falls flat. He has had some really successful films but Singles isn't one of them. It tried to capture the zeitgeist of Generation X, but was such a flop that Reality Bites, which did capture the zeitgeist of Generation X and the decade that nostalgia forgot, the 90's, was forced to change its marketing strategy, Generation X was never mentioned in their press kits thereafter. This bites for Reality Bites, because Winona Ryder, Ethan ... Read More
Rating: - Eh...
Moments of truth, but more moments of cliche, bad music and less than interesting characters. All the depth of those cheesy writings you used to find on Starbucks tables. A little better than "Reality Bites", but that's not saying much. It'll kill a couple hours.
Rating: - Wonderful Quality!
I recieved the movie faster than expected and it was still in the shrink wrap!
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