Reality Bites

Reality Bites is a 1994 romantic comedydrama film written by Helen Childress and directed by Ben Stiller. It stars Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke and Stiller, with supporting roles by Janeane Garofalo and Steve Zahn. The plot follows Lelaina Ryder, an aspiring videographer working on a documentary called Reality Bites about the disenfranchised lives of her friends and roommates. Their challenges exemplify some of the career and lifestyle choices faced by GenerationX. The film was wellreceived critically and commercially.

Lelaina meets Michael Grates when she throws a cigarette into his convertible, causing him to crash into her car. The two soon begin to date. He works at an MTVlike cable channel called In Your Face as an executive, and after learning about a documentary shes been working on, wants to get it aired on his network.Lelainas roommate Vickie has a series of onenight stands and short relationships with dozens of guys her promiscuity leads her to confront a veryreal risk of contracting HIV after a former fling tests positive for the virus. Vickie works as a sales associate for The Gap, and is later promoted to manager and seems content with her new job. Her friend Sammy Gray is gay he remains celibate, not because of a fear of AIDS, but because forming a relationship would force him to come out to his conservative parents. ........

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