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Reality Bites (1994)
- PG-13
- 02/18/1994 (US)
- Drama, Romance
- 1h 38m
A comedy about love in the '90s
Overview
A small circle of friends suffering from post-collegiate blues must confront the hard truth about life, love and the pursuit of gainful employment. As they struggle to map out survival guides for the future, the Gen-X quartet soon begins to realize that reality isn't all it's cracked up to be.
Helen Childress
ScreenplayBen Stiller
DirectorCast
![Winona Ryder's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/mm15IdPsmnHNFAx6LAnpFLPzEZZ.jpg)
Winona Ryder
Lelaina Pierce![Ethan Hawke's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/a7rgJl8TYUWAfJuM4fxbLHgD7BL.jpg)
Ethan Hawke
Troy Dyer![Janeane Garofalo's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/cdNooT0otUf5QVHDPm9bkGN7gNu.jpg)
Janeane Garofalo
Vickie Miner![Steve Zahn's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/rwrPdKGwXnByxUVMxMf8Y7oswi3.jpg)
Steve Zahn
Sammy Gray![Ben Stiller's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/scgpxhI05JpdNXXfmpK6z0rPOWN.jpg)
Ben Stiller
Michael Grates![Swoosie Kurtz's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/uCHMttpxVITjDXtjs8FS6O7TQHx.jpg)
Swoosie Kurtz
Charlane McGregor![Harry O'Reilly's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/sVUIeCbD6ct3vkzlOAElY8d6tVe.jpg)