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All I Wanna Do
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0717951010001
Format: Subtitled, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
Label: Miramax
Languages: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Manufacturer: Miramax
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Miramax
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 13, 2000
Running Time: 96 minutes
Studio: Miramax
Theatrical Release Date: September 04, 1998
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Editorial Review:
When Odette (Gaby Hoffman) gets kicked out of her coed school for plotting to lose her virginity (All I Wanna Do is set in 1963), her parents send her to Miss Godard's Preparatory School, an all-girls school that tries to instill independence in its students. Her roommates turn out to be the school's troublemakers--Verena (Kirsten Dunst), Tinka (Monica Keena), and their friends Tweety (Heather Matarazzo) and Momo (Merritt Weaver). Though Odette initially resists (not because she wants to stick to the rules, but because she hates the whole school so much she won't even join the rebels), she gradually becomes part of the rambunctious circle. Due to financial trouble, the school's trustees decide to merge with a nearby boys' academy, despite the furious protests of Miss Godard's headmistress (Lynn Redgrave). Verena echoes the headmistress's sentiments and launches an offensive of pranks to discredit the visiting boys, even though the struggle splits apart her own social group. Though All I Wanna Do is being marketed as a goofy romp, it walks a line between a coming-of-age comedy and a young feminist manifesto (as one might imagine from the movie's previous title, Strike!). It's a tricky combination, but writer-director Sarah Kernochan succeeds--she also wrote Impromptu, which similarly mixed tart yet sympathetic humor with subtle political commentary. The direction is tight and the script allows its heroines a surprising complexity. The cast of rising young stars, also featuring Rachael Leigh Cook, is superb throughout. Strongly recommended. --Bret Fetzer
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Cute and fun girl power flick!!!
This is a fun movie, perfect for budding young feminist! I saw this in college with some friends and we had a blast. This would be perfect for a blast from the past party, or a girl's night in!
Rating:  - What i wanna was an even movie
Pretty much all this film is good for is a see it once rental, because it had so much promise but never delivered plus i thought it was too much over the top male bashing to actually enjoy. i rent the dvd because i liked the other films these actresses have been in and decided to give it a shot but i simplely found this movie to be a little self service in the script for my taste and lacking any substance or any real depth and it was uneven all around. all in all this film stinks and i so badly ... Read More
Rating:  - you're so beautiful I could eat your teeth
I love this movie! I watched it on tv one day by complete chance and feel in love! Mostly with Vincent Kartheiser who plays Snake. This movie has an odd flair that just drew me in. The actors did an amazing job and it was a fun journey with them. I must once again comment on Vincent Kartheiser. He was so amazing he had some of the weirdest lines ever! But he delivered them in a way that made them positively intoxicating! I mean who can say "you're so beautiful I could eat your teeth" and make it ... Read More
Rating: - Perfect for any Boarding school!
This move describes the whole vote and co-education. I love it!
Rating:  - Forgettable
This movie is so forgettable that I am sure that I have watched it before. Don't waste your time. Although it has a good overall feminist theme, the acting, plot, and script were useless. It's pretty predictable as well.
If you must watch this drivel, wait for it to appear on cable.
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