''Coming Soon'' is a 1999 American
romantic comedy
Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...
film directed by
Colette Burson
Colette Burson (born June 22, 1970) is an American television writer, screenwriter, producer and director. She is the creator, executive producer and showrunner of the HBO television show, ''Hung''. In 2021 she is adapting the best selling novel ...
and written by Burson and
Kate Robin. Starring
Bonnie Root
Bonnie Root (born August 24, 1975) is an American actress. She is primarily known for her recurring guest role in the CBS series ''Cold Case'' as List of Cold Case characters, ADA Alexandra Thomas and for her role in the soap ''As the World Turns ...
,
Gaby Hoffmann
Gabrielle Mary Antonia HoffmannStated on ''Finding Your Roots'', November 21, 2017 (born January 8, 1982) is an American actress. She initially found success as a child actress, appearing in ''Field of Dreams,'' ''Uncle Buck,'' and ''Sleeples ...
,
Tricia Vessey
Tricia Vessey (born 1972) is an American former actress, writer, and producer.
Early life and education
Vessey was born in Hollister, California, and grew up in Monterey. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in creative writing and film producti ...
and
Ryan Reynolds
Ryan Rodney Reynolds (born October 23, 1976) is a Canadian-American actor. He is one of the highest-grossing film actors of all time, with a worldwide box-office gross of over billion.
He began his career starring in the Canadian teen ...
, it has been described as a female-centric ''
American Pie''.
Plot
Three wealthy, savvy high school seniors have everything: brains, beauty, money, popularity, powerful parents, and boyfriends. Stream Hodsell is a smart, down-to-earth strawberry blonde. Sassy Jenny Simon masks her intelligence behind a guise of fishnet stockings. Nell Kellner is a soulful. The girls attend the prestigious and expensive Halton School in
Manhattan
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. Among their boyfriends are Chad and
garage band
Garage rock (sometimes called garage punk or 60s punk) is a raw and energetic style of rock and roll that flourished in the mid-1960s, most notably in the United States and Canada, and has experienced a series of subsequent revivals. The sty ...
musician Henry Lipschitz.
The trio, however, still feel unfulfilled. After losing her
virginity
Virginity is the state of a person who has never engaged in sexual intercourse. The term ''virgin'' originally only referred to sexually inexperienced women, but has evolved to encompass a range of definitions, as found in traditional, modern ...
without obtaining sexual satisfaction, Stream is confused as well as unfulfilled and studies the problem with self-help books, women's magazines and the comically misinformed advice of her peers. Judy Hodsell is Stream's distracted ex-
hippie mom, Dick Hodsell is her
yuppie
Yuppie, short for "young urban professional" or "young upwardly-mobile professional", is a term coined in the early 1980s for a young professional person working in a city. The term is first attested in 1980, when it was used as a fairly neu ...
father with a new young girlfriend, Mimi, and Mr. Jennings is a feel-good career counselor.
Cast
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Bonnie Root
Bonnie Root (born August 24, 1975) is an American actress. She is primarily known for her recurring guest role in the CBS series ''Cold Case'' as List of Cold Case characters, ADA Alexandra Thomas and for her role in the soap ''As the World Turns ...
as Stream Hodsell
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Gaby Hoffmann
Gabrielle Mary Antonia HoffmannStated on ''Finding Your Roots'', November 21, 2017 (born January 8, 1982) is an American actress. She initially found success as a child actress, appearing in ''Field of Dreams,'' ''Uncle Buck,'' and ''Sleeples ...
as Jenny Simon
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Tricia Vessey
Tricia Vessey (born 1972) is an American former actress, writer, and producer.
Early life and education
Vessey was born in Hollister, California, and grew up in Monterey. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in creative writing and film producti ...
as Nell Kellner
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Ryan Reynolds
Ryan Rodney Reynolds (born October 23, 1976) is a Canadian-American actor. He is one of the highest-grossing film actors of all time, with a worldwide box-office gross of over billion.
He began his career starring in the Canadian teen ...
as Henry Rockefeller Lipschitz
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Yasmine Bleeth
Yasmine Amanda Bleeth (born June 14, 1968) is an American actress and model. Her television roles include Caroline Holden on ''Baywatch'', Ryan Fenelli on '' Ryan's Hope'', and LeeAnn Demerest on '' One Life to Live''.
Early life and career
B ...
as Mimi
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Mia Farrow
Maria de Lourdes Villiers "Mia" Farrow ( ; born February 9, 1945) is an American actress. She first gained notice for her role as Allison MacKenzie in the television soap opera '' Peyton Place'' and gained further recognition for her subsequent ...
as Judy Hodsell
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Ryan O'Neal
Ryan O'Neal (born April 20, 1941) is an American actor and former boxer. He trained as an amateur boxer before beginning his career in acting in 1960. In 1964, he landed the role of Rodney Harrington on the ABC nighttime soap opera '' Peyton Pla ...
as Dick
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James Roday Rodriguez
James Roday Rodriguez (born James David Rodriguez, April 4, 1976) is an American actor, director and screenwriter. He is best known for starring on the USA Network series ''Psych'' as hyper-observant consultant detective and fake psychic Shawn S ...
as Chad
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Spalding Gray as Mr. Jennings
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Peter Bogdanovich
Peter Bogdanovich (July 30, 1939 – January 6, 2022) was an American director, writer, actor, producer, critic, and film historian.
One of the " New Hollywood" directors, Bogdanovich started as a film journalist until he was hired to work on ...
as Bartholomew
*Bridget Barkan as Polly
*Ramsey Faragallah as Wahid
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Ashton Kutcher
Christopher Ashton Kutcher (; born February 7, 1978) is an American actor, producer, entrepreneur, and former model. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a People's Choice Award, and nominations for two Young Artist Awards, a ...
as Louie
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James McCaffrey as Dante
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Victor Argo
Victor Argo (November 5, 1934 – April 7, 2004) was an American actor of Puerto Rican descent who usually played the part of a tough bad guy in his movies. He had a career span of forty years. He is best known for '' Mean Streets'' (1973), ...
as Mr. Neipris
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Tim Cunningham
Tim Cunningham is an American actor and baseball coach. He is known for playing the recurring role of "Chuck" and " Tim" on 38 episodes of the American sitcom television series ''Cheers''. Cunningham guest-starred in television programs includin ...
as Dr. Frank
Reception
The film received mixed to negative reviews from critics. On
review aggregator
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website
Rotten Tomatoes
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, it has a 29% score based on 7 reviews, with an average rating of 4.5/10.
Metacritic
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reports a 44 out of 100 rating based on 7 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
References
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1999 films
1990s English-language films
1999 romantic comedy films
American romantic comedy films
American sex comedy films
American teen comedy films
Films scored by Christophe Beck
Films produced by Beau Flynn
Films shot in New York City
1990s sex comedy films
1990s American films