Actuakers One of my all time favorites.

Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Marva It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Edgar Soberon Torchia I saw «Singles» the same weekend that I had to watch «Prelude to a Kiss». After seeing Norman René's flat "comedy", the little enthusiasm I had was killed by Cameron Crowe's movie, which promised an updated portrait of the world of single persons. But this film of the 1990s was not very different from those comedies of the 1960s in which Rock Hudson wooed Doris Day, whose friend Edie Adams would end up in the arms of Tony Randall (Hudson's best friend), whose ex-wife Audrey Meadows, after dating several men, met her match in Gig Young, Randall's professional rival. And so it went. But not even the soundtrack, filled with rock numbers, could hid that it was an outdated formula. «Singles» is a series of anecdotes around five protagonists (Matt Dillon, Bridget Fonda, Sheila Kelley, Scott Campbell, Kyra Sedgwick) with no sociological interest (was it a novelty to show that heterosexuals were as promiscuous as those with different sexual orientations?) Neither did it do anything for the anemic state of the 1990s American comedy. Dramatically, the script accumulated adversities that forced the limit of credibility: for example, in less than 15 minutes, Scott participates in an accident in which his girlfriend suffers a miscarriage, his professional project fails, his work cubicle falls apart, he separates from Sedgwick and becomes a hermit. But, of course, in the end Kyra and Campbell were reunited, Bridget and Matt reconciled, and Sheila found the "father of her children". By then, boredom presided over the projection.

Amy Adler In Seattle, some twenty-somethings are struggling to find their ways in life. Steve, a traffic expert hoping to improve the gridlock around the city, is forthcoming about his past failed relationships and "how complicated things have become" in the new era. Nevertheless, he notices beautiful Linda (Kyra Sedgwick), an ecologist, at a concert and begs her to go out with him. She resists, at first, mostly because a charming cad has just played her like a violin. Meanwhile, erstwhile Janet (Bridget Fonda) works in a coffee shop, attends college, and is smitten with her neighbor, grunge-musician Cliff (Matt Dillon). Cliff loves the attention he gets from her but has a wandering eye and, in truth, is not a very good rock artist. Is it written in the stars that these four people will end their single days and find true love? This is a knockout film. The Cameron Crowe script is one of the funniest, sweetest, and most memorable ever written. All of the young actors play their parts very well and the Seattle setting and costumes are quite noteworthy, too. Anyone who has even struggled in the dating world, and wonders if they will ever find a great love, will relate to this film in a big way. But, heck, this film is not just for the young and unattached. Every person that takes a chance on this film will admire it, love it, and view it as often as possible.

xandervaliya These are the same humorous stories of neurotic, wounded, gullible, vain, and humiliated people we see and hear fourteen(!) years after this movie came out, but this is an original that's still witty and fresh. Cameron Crowe's thoughtful exploration of single life has universal appeal.Having said that, this movie is also an unabashed love letter to Seattle as well as a portrait in miniature of one the city's heydays: the height of grunge-rock scene.The previously overlooked Seattle suddenly outshone NYC, LA, and SF (if only for a few years) as the coolest city in America, thanks to the mass appeal of local bands like Nirvana, Alice in Chains (who have a performance in the film) and Pearl Jam (who are acting in this film).The city itself becomes a character in the film and even it's famously damp weather couldn't keep it from being seen, through Cameron's eyes, as a terribly romantic and lively place to live in.(Luckily for Seattle it's still seen as a sophisticated metropolis, long after grunge, "Singles", "Frasier", Starbucks, and the novelty surrounding them all faded away.)There's no need for future generations to do any retrospective films about early nineties Seattle; "Singles" is all we need.

mattaspin Singles is a simple but effective comedy that looks dated even now due to its frequent references to the then massive Seattle music scene. The plot,what little there is, involves a group of people living in an apartment block and the way in which their lives entwine in their desperate bids to find the ever elusive L word. Rife with cameo appearances including Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, Chris Cornell and even Tim Burton. Alien's Tom Skerritt appears briefly also. Matt Dillon is good in a role that sees him play the token musician while Bridget Fonda plays his long suffering, self-delusional girlfriend. Well worth a watch, even if you weren't a fan of the Seatle music scene.