FILM

The Alamo Drafthouse West Oaks presents presents Girlie Night: Can't Hardly Wait.

Girlie Night celebrates the much-loved but often neglected genre of Slumber Party Movies. You know, the ones where you rewind an awesome kiss and watch it five times while sighing deeply or squeal with your friends when the boy and girl finally get together like you NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD HAPPEN (even though you've seen the movie a thousand times).

At Girlie Night, you can squee without shame.

CAN’T HARDLY WAIT
Directed by Harry Elfont & Deborah Kaplan
Year 1998
Starring Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ethan Embry, Charlie Korsmo, Lauren Ambrose, Peter Facinelli, Seth Green
Rating PG-13
Run Time 110min
Age Policy 18 and up; Children 6 and up will be allowed only with a parent guardian. No children under the age of 6 will be allowed.

Every once in awhile, I miss high school. You, know, those halcyon days when social status was defined by cafeteria tables and weekends were full of house parties where people puked in the pool, when my biggest problem was whether or not I should break up with my hot but totally stupid jock boyfriend in favor of the sweet and sensitive editor of the literary magazine...except, OH WAIT, that wasn't my life! I never got invited to wild parties, and the chances of me getting a boyfriend were on par with the development of my boobs - nonexistent.

CAN'T HARDLY WAIT is the High School party movie of the ‘90s, and it delivers on everything you would expect from this genre: a lovesick "nerd" unbelievably played by a totally adorable actor; a smart and sassy indie chick who tells it like it is; a trifecta of nerds who make lots of X-Files references; twenty different party montages paired with ‘90s alt rock (yes!); and, of course, major comic relief in the form of Special K, the white kid who thinks he's black.

Bring your yearbooks for a little sharing time before the movie begins, cos like Melissa Joan Hart says, "THESE ARE MEMORIES FROZEN IN TIME PEOPLE!" Join us on Girlie Night, and we can all laugh together about that time we got locked in a bathroom with Seth Green. Yeah, that was awesome. (Sarah Pitre)