Nowhere DVD (1997)

Nowhere

1997

Overall rating: 2.5 out of 5

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Described by director Gregg Araki as A Beverly Hills 90210 episode on acid (with no suggestions of what it might be cut with), Nowhere is a companion piece with Araki's previous meditations on youth gone wild in the 1990s, Totally F***ed Up and The Doom Generation -- Araki's self-described teen apocalypse trilogy. Nowhere follows 18-year-old Dark Smith (James Duval) as he goes through a fairly typical day in Los Angeles. Dark needs, but rarely gets, emotional support from his girlfriend Mel (Rachel True). Mel, however, is also involved with a girl named Lucifer (Kathleen Robertson), while Dark moons over hunky Montgomery (Nathan Bexton). Dark's best friend Cowboy (Guillermo Diaz) has troubles of his own, as his boyfriend and bandmate Bart (Jeremy Jordan) is back on drugs and spending most of his time with his dealer. Mel's friends include sugar junkie Dingbat (Christina Applegate), doomsday poetess Alyssa (Jordan Ladd), and Egg (Sarah Lassez), who is being unexpectedly wooed by a Famous Teen Idol (Jason Simmons). Egg's brother Ducky (Scott Caan) has a crush on Alyssa, but she's keeping company with a biker named Elvis (Thyme Lewis). Alyssa's assignation with Elvis gets a psychic boost by her twin brother Shad (Ryan Phillippe) and his tryst with Lilith (Heather Graham). The day continues on a roller coaster of kinky sex, hallucinogenic drugs, random violence, romantic misunderstandings, alien abductions, and (of course) a wild party, this time at the home of noted hipster Jujyfruit (Gibby Haynes). Like The Doom Generation, Nowhere features a wealth of pop culture icons in cameo appearances, including John Ritter, Traci Lords, Charlotte Rae, Eve Plumb, and Shannen Doherty.~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Nowhere details

Format:	18 DVD
Starring:	Kathleen Robertson, James Duval, Chiara M, David Leisure, Beverly D'Angelo, Staci Keanan, Christina Applegate, Chiara Mastroianni, Rachel True, Alan Boyce, Lauren Tewes, Heather Graham, Nathan Bexton, Teresa Hill, Guillermo Dia
Director:	Gregg Araki
Genre:	Drama - General
Studio:	PATHE DISTRIBUTION

DVD 1 disc

Name	Discs
Nowhere	18 Feature

DVD Information

Run time:	1 hour 18 minutes
Rental release:	Currently unavailable
Main languages:	English

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Entertaining

By McClennan (424 reviews) from St Helens , 29 Mar 2006

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Greg Araki (he of the excellent Mysterious Skin fame) directs what was described as Beverley Hills 90210 on acid and that's a fair description of what is an odd, disjointed but funny picture that focusses on the lives of several typically vacuous teenagers in Los Angeles. I'm not exactly sure what the film was about but the use of colour in the film was like totally rad and a few scenes had me rolling around a bit, specifically Jason Simmons as 'The Teen Idol'. A good effort.
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Painful... and what the Hell!!!!

By JayGar (11 reviews) from London , 07 Jul 2010

I mean the film not only wasted my time.. but it wasted the planets time.

the director was trying to hard on a limited budget, and all you got was a cheap nonsense crap.. which left you wanting you money, your time and your brain cells.

the cast is made up of most the 90's up and coming stars.. who must look back on this movie and go WHAT THE HELL WAS I THINKING
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dont bother

By r0w4n (6 reviews) from Truro , 29 Apr 2009

This is an appalling film. Tries to be art house..fails. Tries to be titillating…fails. Tries to be entertaining…fails. In all honesty give a five year old a camera, stick an interesting colour filter over the lenses and you would get better results. Avoid.
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Going "Nowhere"

By wikkidsmyle (438 reviews) from Newmarket , 13 Nov 2007

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Sadly, Gregg Araki is one of those directors who works best with an unknown cast, small budget and handheld cameras. Here, the quality of the film has improved, but at the loss of originality. He throws in the usual ingredients of pounding indy music, oddball characters and shocking scenes (the rape scene especially), but the addition of well-known actors in 'cameo' roles detracts.
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Annoying

By Vanessa CC from Kent , 20 Nov 2006

Nowhere near as clever as it thinks it is, this seems to be comprised of American teenagers designed to be so incomprehensible, poseurish, self obsessed and, well, American, as to result in the 'off' button in under 15 minutes for me. I like off the wall films but this one brought on feelings of death and violence. To be serious, this one keeps you watching for just as long as you need to realise it's not going to get better. Took me about 12 minutes. If you like some very soft titillation and teenagers speaking in total dude-speak, bad hair and feeling old, go for it. Otherwise, get some 80s soft porn and watch Popworld for same effects.
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Not good

By T.J. from cramlington , 01 Jul 2006

This film wasnt very good & wouldnt recommend it.
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