Irishchatter Honestly, they added in too much characters in this film that I can't hardly concentrate on who we are looking at here. I was concentrating on the first girl who was cheated on by her new boyfriend from France, then there's this girl who is head over heels with her rocker boyfriend and then it became messy with adding more people to the story one after the other. Seriously, can't they give my head a clear mind for a moment please? This film is just pure messy, I wish they just concentrated on the people at the beginning and then maybe, I would give this movie a rating of 8/10 instead of 2/10??! I haven't got any more comments for this film, it is just plain bad and I don't consider this the best movie of 1992!

RainDogJr I always considered Cameron Crowe's SINGLES as something I really had to see. My one and only connection to it: the grunge. As a huge grunge fan (especially of Pearl Jam) I've had since years ago a sort of pending meeting with Crowe's second feature. Today I finally sat down I watched it on DVD. I have to say, if you want something more related to music, something like, I'm pretty much guessing as I have seen only parts of it (the "Tiny Dancer" part for sure), Crowe's ALMOST FAMOUS, or something that really puts you in the "grunge scene", you'll disappointed. To be fair, it made think in that music-related talk with Quentin Tarantino from the Collector's Edition of the PULP FICTION Soundtrack. And that is because Tarantino says this: "what I don't wanna do is, and I've see it happen in a lot of movies, where they just turn up the soundtrack to create a false energy, or in particularly to create a sense of period. They're not investing in the picture. OK, it's the sixties, we play a lot of sixties songs and that will create the period. To me that's cheap, like listening to the radio and watching a movie at the same time. They don't really go together". In this case, I wouldn't go as far as to call the use of some Pearl Jam songs, and the scenes of Alice In Chains and Soundgarden playing at some bar, cheap, but they definitely don't create something special, something that, like I said, really put us in early 90s Seattle. For instance, it's only people dancing in a club to a Pearl Jam song (always great to hear Pearl Jam though). And yes, maybe that's just early 90s Seattle, and yes I'm caring too much about the setting of the story but to be more fair, I wouldn't have seen a "romantic comedy" by Cameron Crowe if not for the grunge thing. I mean, something like Crowe's SAY ANYTHING… is not the kind of movie I'm always looking forward to check out. So, the level of disappointment that SINGLES gives to you may certainly vary. I mean, you can enter here not knowing anything about the grunge setting, or you can enter here seeking for a movie about early 90s Seattle musicians (maybe thanks to the image of Matt Dillon with the "grunge look" and his guitar). In my case, and like I said, it did disappointed me in the setting thing but in the end I really can't say this is something anybody should runaway from, that anybody should avoid at all costs. It's a pretty darn normal "relationships movie", simply as that. It almost never feels false in that regard, which is certainly the best thing. My main point here is that pretty much this whole story doesn't go hand-to-hand with the period it is setting in. Sure, Matt Dillon's character Cliff has a grunge band (you just gotta like a whole lot this character! "Now, a song like "Touch Me, I'm Dick" is about... what?"; Cliff: "Well, I think "Touch Me, I'm Dick," in essence speaks for itself. I think that, you know, that's basically what the song is, um... about... is about, you know... I think a lot of people might think it's actually about, you know, "My name is Dick, and, you know, you can touch me," but, I think, you know, it can be seen either way") and the other main characters (played by Campbell Scott, Kyra Sedgwick, Bridget Fonda, Sheila Kelley and Jim True-Frost –nice to see "Prez" from "The Wire"–; the acting is fine) go out to bars to listen to Alice in Chains (there's a scene with main character Steve, and Sedgwick's character Linda, and his record collection, Hendrix, the Clash, you know), to dance to "State of Love and Trust", but are they really Generation X characters? Well, the main couple in the movie, Steve and Linda, ain't. Like I said, it is an ordinary relationships movie, that is entertaining and that probably you can enjoy more than me. If I will remember SINGLES for something is definitely for its great cameos: Eddie Vedder, Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament (is just fun with these guys! They play the band mates of Cliff's band. Eddie is the drummer of the band, by the way), Chris Cornell (totally great, hilarious! Sort of reminded me Jay and Silent Bob from CLERKS an other Kevin Smith movies I have yet to see) and Tim Burton (as a video maker who "is only like the next Martin Scorsese"!). So, memorable details in an entertaining if totally ordinary love story… that would be my summary of SINGLES. Oh, and the soundtrack is certainly great, but some of the background music during the film is not (think of the opening theme of "Friends" and you'll get the idea. When I thought this I didn't know that this movie became sort of the basis for "Friends", if wikipedia doesn't lie: "Warner Bros Television tried immediately to turn Singles into a television series. When Crowe balked at the notion, the company proceeded with the idea, engaged a new writing and directing team, changing elements and the name to Friends").

redcrab This movie combines the aspects of any typical romantic comedic but without less cheesy moments with cheesy music with realistic moments with realistic dialogue and kick ass music. The film excels in how it doesn't take itself seriously, possibly in an undertone of how dating should be, just trying to have fun without taking it too seriously. The movie isn't laugh out loud funny, but it cherishes its quality or quantity in this film. The number cameos in the film really add a different dimension and maybe even some credibility. The two main characters had great chemistry.The film lacks in certain aspects such as the character Janet can be somewhat schizophrenic. Furthermore, I believe the film ended a little too abruptly and didn't expand much on the normal social lives of the characters, besides Janet.I would highly recommend this film unless you're a poser or a wanna-be thug.

burns12345 I was twenty something all through the 90's and this was definitely a reflection of my life at the time. I am actually wondering if there is a clip from the scene in the movie when Debbie was watching her results from the online dating service her friends had signed her up for - The guy that stares into the camera and says "I'm very very VERY lonely" That is the funniest thing and I love that line!! Anyway.... The rest of the movie is great I love Pearl Jam - Matt Dillon was awesome but his hair was a nightmare - all my friends had long hair and that was NOT what it looked like. When Debbie and Pam fight - and Pam trades Debbie's date for like doing dishes or something... hilarious