Telling You

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Telling You
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Theatrical film poster
Directed byRobert DeFranco
Written byDenis Flood
Marc Palmieri
Produced byChristopher DeFranco
David DuPuy
Starring
CinematographyMark Doering-Powell
Edited byJonathan Cates
Louis F. Cioffi
Music bySean Hall
Russ Landau
Tom Romero
Production
companies
CineTel Films
Division I Entertainment Inc.
Distributed by Miramax Films
Release date
  • August 7, 1998 (1998-08-07)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2,735 [1]

Telling You, also known as Love Sucks!, is a 1998 romantic comedy film directed by Robert DeFranco and starring Peter Facinelli, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Matthew Lillard, and Dash Mihok. It was distributed by Miramax and released on August 7, 1998.

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Plot

Two college graduates find themselves back home in Long Island stuck behind the counter of a pizza parlor and frustrated about their life's perspectives, while their friends move on, struggle to find a new direction for their lives. [2]

Cast

Production

The film was shot during 1997 in Los Angeles, shortly before Jennifer Love Hewitt flew to North Carolina to shoot the slasher film I Know What You Did Last Summer . [3]

Release

It premiered in August 1998 with a special screening at the studio lot of Paramount Pictures (who would later acquire the rights to Telling You and all other Miramax films in 2020). [4]

Home video

In 1999, the film was released on VHS by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [5] with a DVD following on June 27, 2000. [6] In the United Kingdom (Region 2) the film was released on DVD under the title Love Sucks!

In 2010, Miramax was sold by The Walt Disney Company (their owners since 1993), with the studio being taken over by private equity firm Filmyard Holdings that same year. [7] Filmyard sublicensed the home video rights for several Miramax titles to Echo Bridge Entertainment. On June 5, 2012, Echo Bridge reissued the film on DVD with new artwork. [8] Miramax was then taken over by Qatari company beIN Media Group during March 2016. [9] In April 2020, ViacomCBS (now known as Paramount Skydance) acquired the rights to Miramax's library, after buying a 49% stake in the studio from beIN. [10] Paramount Pictures has distributed Telling You since April 2020, [11] [12] and they released a high definition print of the film for digital platforms on March 29, 2024. [12]

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 20% based on reviews from 5 critics. [13]

Nathan Rabin of The A.V. Club called it "really boring in an extremely earnest fashion." Rabin warned that it "is not, as its box would somewhat dishonestly indicate, a Jennifer Love Hewitt vehicle. It is, instead, a laughless, irritatingly earnest comedy-drama about ..." the characters played by Mihok and Facinelli. Rabin said Hewitt and Lillard have little more than cameos but credits Lillard for giving the film what little spark it has. [14]

Kathleen Craughwell of Los Angeles Times said it "is pleasant enough and the production values are as good as any studio film. But the characters and what happens to them...just aren't as interesting as these actors, and their audience, deserve." [15]

Variety said "the film lacks the punch, craft or insight to reach a wide audience". [16]

References

  1. ↑ Telling You at Box Office Mojo
  2. ↑ "Telling You (1998)". BFI. Archived from the original on August 11, 2020. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  3. ↑ Telling You at TCM database.
  4. ↑ "8:30 pm: Theater". Los Angeles Times . 6 August 1998.
  5. ↑ https://www.amazon.com/Telling-You-VHS-Peter-Facinelli/dp/6305426686
  6. ↑ "Telling You DVD".
  7. ↑ Teather, David (July 30, 2010). "Disney sells Miramax to investment group for $660m". The Guardian.
  8. ↑ "Telling You DVD".
  9. ↑ Smith, Nigel M. (March 2, 2016). "Iconic film studio Miramax sells to Doha-based beIN Media Group". The Guardian.
  10. ↑ Szalai, Georg (April 3, 2020). "ViacomCBS Closes Acquisition of 49 Percent Miramax Stake in $375 Million Deal". The Hollywood Reporter .
  11. ↑ "Telling You - Apple TV". 7 August 1998.
  12. 1 2 "Telling You Digital".
  13. ↑ "Telling You (1998)". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  14. ↑ Rabin, Nathan (March 29, 2002). "Telling You". The A.V. Club . Paste Media Group. Archived from the original on April 16, 2009. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  15. ↑ Craughwell, Kathleen (June 18, 1999). "Strong Cast Gets Lost in Mostly Bland 'Telling You'" . Los Angeles Times . Times Mirror Company now Los Angeles Times Communications LLC. ISSN   0458-3035. OCLC   3638237 . Retrieved March 17, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  16. ↑ Klady, Leonard (August 17, 1998). "Telling You". Variety . Penske Media Corporation. ISSN   0042-2738. OCLC   60626328. Archived from the original on April 22, 2021. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
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