Singles

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Singles

PG-13

Released Sep 18, 1992

1h 39m

Romance

Comedy

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In Seattle during the era of grunge music, the lives and relationships of a group of young people, all living in the same apartment building, go through a period of flux. Among them are waitress and aspiring architect Janet (Bridget Fonda), who finds herself obsessed with bad boy musician Cliff (Matt Dillon) ; Linda (Kyra Sedgwick), an emotionally fragile environmentalist on the look-out for love; and Steve (Campbell Scott), a quintessential nice guy who studies traffic patterns.

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Critics Consensus

Smart, funny, and engagingly scruffy, Singles is a clear-eyed look at modern romance that doubles as a credible grunge-era time capsule.

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Noel Murray

The Dissolve

It's like a catalog of everything Crowe had to offer back in the early 1990s, from detailed evocations of place and time to the characters' pronouncements about popular culture.

Rated: 3.5/5

Apr 6, 2015

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John Hartl

Seattle Times

This is one happy-ending romance that doesn't feel forced. You can't help getting into the spirit of it.

Rated: 3.5/4

May 19, 2014

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Terrence Rafferty

The New Yorker

This is romantic comedy of the wispiest kind, but the picture is generous, graceful, and consistently funny.

May 19, 2014

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Bob Shelton

Birmingham Post

This is a warm and witty piece for the young about the young.

Sep 26, 2024

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

...a reasonably memorable romcom...

Rated: 3/4

Oct 17, 2021

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Malcolm Johnson

Hartford Courant

For all of the director-writer's hipness, there isn't much life in Singles, a wearying if occasionally witty look at life after college in the troubling years of twentysomething.

May 29, 2018

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Tyler G

What is supposed to be a vignette that captures a moment for a generation in Seattle that changed American culture never quite lives up to the promise. It is plotless and lacks any broader point than, "Love is complicated." The quirky Crowe dialogue crosses over into cheesy at points.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

07/15/25

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Emily H.

I LOVED THIS MOVIE. This is my newest favorites movie. I loved how there were different stories we could follow along with and I loved how every story had its own ending. This movie generally gave me goosebumps at times and almost even made me cry. It was amazing and I definitely recommend it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/04/25

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thiago s

Filme mais ou menos, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são mais ou menos, o elenco é mais ou menos, e alguns ajudam a melhorar o filme, a história é mais ou menos, os personagens sao fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes para fazer o filme ser bom.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

05/09/25

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F P

5 stars because I was 17/18 years old when the movie came out. I understand if you think of it as a movie worth 3.5, if your generation was formed in its core either before 1992, or after. The soundtrack alone is worth a 5 star, and the way it capture its time follows shortly.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/23/25

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Pedro L

If there ever was a movie that captures the feel of a specific time in history, it was this one. I spent many, many weekends in college watching it over and over.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/18/24

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Ravenswood R

Rom Com Alert. Has some funny scenes, but not many. Instead of going for funniness, it leans very heavily into a strained romance between two pleasant, but boring, dull, and unadventurous characters. Side stories that had the potential to be funny or better are totally underdeveloped and just kind of sit in the margins. Dated, obviously, and this was not a realistic portrayal of the scene in Seattle at the time. It really looks fake now. It's light and kind of wholesome overall. Fun to watch the street scenes shot on location.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/27/23

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Cameron Crowe

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Janet Livermore

Matt Dillon

Cliff Poncier (Citizen Dick vocalist)

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Steve Dunne

Kyra Sedgwick

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Synopsis

In Seattle during the era of grunge music, the lives and relationships of a group of young people, all living in the same apartment building, go through a period of flux. Among them are waitress and aspiring architect Janet (Bridget Fonda), who finds herself obsessed with bad boy musician Cliff (Matt Dillon) ; Linda (Kyra Sedgwick), an emotionally fragile environmentalist on the look-out for love; and Steve (Campbell Scott), a quintessential nice guy who studies traffic patterns.

Director: Cameron Crowe
Producer: Richard Hashimoto, Cameron Crowe
Screenwriter: Cameron Crowe
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Production Co: Warner Brothers
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 18, 1992, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 15, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA): $15.9M
Runtime: 1h 39m
Sound Mix: Surround, Stereo

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