Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD EAN: 5035822180239 Format: PAL Number Of Discs: 1 Region Code: 2 Theatrical Release Date: 2000 Sales Rank: 153759
Amazon.com: Parties are not always as fun as they look like they should be. The distinction lies in the realm between watching people have fun and actually having fun. Case in point: Groove. Set in San Francisco over the course of one night, this is the story of a rave, plain and simple. Preparation includes inhabiting an empty warehouse, finding the power supply, and sending out coded invitations. The movie kicks in as the party does, when people start arriving and the DJs start spinning. There's a nice moment early on when a cop shows up asking for the owner of the building, who is then taken on a tour of "a new Internet start-up." It becomes even funnier when the cop turns out to be smarter and more compassionate than anyone would expect. Writer-director Greg Harrison does a smart thing by focusing the story on David, a novice who's never been to a rave before, which breaks the story out of what could have been the suffocatingly insular world of rave culture. Unknowingly dosed by someone (his brother?), David is adopted by Layla, an attractive but lonely East Coast transplant who has begun to regret her party lifestyle. Other characters include a guy who's just proposed to his girlfriend, a college teaching assistant selling his own manufactured drugs, a nefarious lothario, a DJ who gets to meet his idol, and a gay couple having trouble finding the party. If the characters turn out to be just character types, that's OK because the movie itself floats by on its own high-octane enthusiasm. Groove is light and frothy entertainment with a beat you can dance to. --Andy Spletzer
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - I like it
I got this movie as a gift for my B/F, it's one of his fav movies from his wild years. He was so happy about it. This movie is VERY VERY VERY hard to find. Great condiotion and made it on time for the ... Read More
Rating: - This deserves a minus - 10 rating.
I wish there was a - rating system, I would rate this at - 10 stars, the only good thing about this movie is John Digweed (he shows up at the end of the movie for 2 minutes) and Bedrocks Heaven Scent. ... Read More
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A typical teen/early-twenties movie juxtaposing moments of characters being fun slacker caricatures, and moments where their humanity comes through. It's not about the rave scene, that's just the setting. ... Read More
Rating: - It's Okay, has flaws though...
The thing this movie does right is throw a some what convincing party, and has a pretty good sound track(I wish the music in the movie was actually on the sound track-don't buy the soundtrack). However, they ... Read More
Rating: - Its not over until the last record spins
Amazing movie AND music ..... Great look into the rave scene one crazy night in San Fransisco leading to peoples lives being changed NO JOKE! the end of the film says it all TAKE SOME EXTACY AND GROOVE!!
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- This deserves a minus - 10 rating.
- Please enter a title for your review
- It's Okay, has flaws though...
- Its not over until the last record spins