Telling You (1998)

Screen superstar Jennifer Love Hewitt (I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER, CAN'T HARDLY WAIT) heads a hot young cast in this fresh, fun comedy about life, love, and finally growing up! Instead of moving on to bigger and better things after college graduation, best buddies Phil (Peter Facinelli -- CAN'T HARDLY WAIT, DANCER, TEXAS) and Dennis are embarrassed to find themselves making pizzas and avoiding old classmates who come in for a slice. But before long, Phil is discovered by an annoyingly sweet ex-girlfriend (Hewitt) who won't leave him alone ... while Dennis summons the courage to finally face his future and the dream girl who got away. Also featuring a hilarious performance from Matthew Lillard (SCREAM, SHE'S ALL THAT) in a great cast -- the swirl of youthful confusion surrounding dating, friendship, and destiny has never been this funny!

Kinda slow

This movie is not fast paced at all, good for drinking and a pizza. fun night at the mates house. But you can't go past the gorgeous jennifer. WoW!! April 16, 2008

hah

ive never actually seen the movie but it was written by my science teacher which i find pretty damn kool.... cant be that bad JHL is in it January 11, 2006

inside scoop

I was one of the writers on the original screenplay. I think the movie turned out pretty well for a couple of first time writers. Those of you who find so much fault with it should try writing your own screenplay-- very difficult. The script could definitely have used some work-- the director made very few changes to the original script. BUt for a first time adventure for all, not bad. If i had known then what I know now, the script would have been alot tighter. But it was a a thrill to have such wonderful cast, I think they saw the simplicity in the plot and thought it would be fun; no one was expecting an Oscar nomination for the film. So if you're looking for memorable plots and performances this movie is not for you. It is not the worst movie ever made (How about Tom Hanks in That Thing You Do?) It happens to the best of 'em. February 5, 2005

Telling you... to give it a chance.

I really enjoyed this movie for a few reasons. I thought they did a great job with the cast..even though I am not a JLH fan. I enjoyed the other characters and even the story line. It's not a classic, but the story has a moral to it. It's slow at times, but the good parts (like the discussion about the panda and the ostrich) are funny. It's a basic high-school-mentality movie that doesn't rank with others like it, but my husband and I love this cute movie. I would recommend it. August 26, 2003

Less than zero.

I would love to give this movie zero stars if I could. Jennifer Love Hewitt for such a popular actress has a proclivity for consistenly exposing her lack of genuine talent. Jennifer Love is a cute girl who relies on a child-like simplicity to perform all her roles to date, and in "Telling You" she is as vapid and air-headed as usual; "Trojan War", "Can't Hardly Wait", "Heartbreakers" et al.

This movie has a very boring plot and really bad direction, it is long-winded and not funny, thus none of the actors are served by it.

Dash Mihok was great in the movie "Whiteboyz" but he has nothing to work with in this poor screenplay. May 8, 2003

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