Singles (1992)
85%RT Audience Score: 83%
Awards & Nominations: 1 win & 3 nominations
Smart, funny, and engagingly scruffy, Singles is a clear-eyed look at modern romance that doubles as a credible grunge-era time capsule
Singles is like a time capsule of the 90s, complete with grunge music, flannel shirts, and a cast of lovable characters trying to navigate the ups and downs of love and life. It’s a romcom that doesn’t take itself too seriously, but still manages to tug at your heartstrings. Plus, the soundtrack is killer. If you’re in the mood for a feel-good movie with a side of nostalgia, Singles is the perfect pick.
Production Company(ies)
Paramount Pictures, Penthouse Video Long Road Productions,
Distributor
Warner Bros.
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
1820 E. Thomas St, Seattle, Washington, USA
MPAA / Certificate
Rated PG-13 for language, sex related dialogue and scenes of sensuality
Year of Release
1992
-
Color:Color
-
Sound mix:Dolby
-
Aspect ratio:1.85 : 1
-
Runtime:1h 39m
-
Language(s):English
-
Country of origin:United States
-
Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Sep 18, 1992 Original
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 15, 2000
Genre(s)
Comedy/Romance
Keyword(s)
starring Bridget Fonda, Matt Dillon, Campbell Scott, Kyra Sedgwick, Sheila Kelley, Jim True-Frost, directed by Cameron Crowe, written by Cameron Crowe, comedy, romance, PG-13, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Noel Murray, John Hartl, Terrence Rafferty, Peter Rainer, Dave Kehr, Jay Boyar, David Nusair, Malcolm Johnson, Renee Schonfeld, Stephen Hunter, Alan Jones, Bill von Maurer, produced by Richard Hashimoto, Cameron Crowe, Warner Bros., Seattle, grunge music, relationships, apartment building, waitress, aspiring architect, bad boy musician, emotionally fragile environmentalist, nice guy, traffic patterns, Paul Westerberg music track, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Tim Burton cameo, soundtrack
Worldwide gross: $18,471,850
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $39,539,467
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,443
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 4,311,828
US/Canada gross: $18,471,850
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $39,539,467
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,170
US/Canada opening weekend: $4,184,875
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $8,957,832
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 986
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Matt Dillon – Cliff Poncier (Citizen Dick vocalist)
Campbell Scott – Steve Dunne
Kyra Sedgwick – Linda Powell
Sheila Kelley – Debbie Hunt
Jim True-Frost – David Bailey
Director(s)
Cameron Crowe
Writer(s)
Cameron Crowe
Producer(s)
Richard Hashimoto, Cameron Crowe
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
1 win & 3 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (52) | Top Critics (19) | Fresh (41) | Rotten (11)
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.
April 6, 2015 | Rating: 3.5/5
Noel Murray
The Dissolve
TOP CRITIC
This is one happy-ending romance that doesn’t feel forced. You can’t help getting into the spirit of it.
May 19, 2014 | Rating: 3.5/4
John Hartl
Seattle Times
TOP CRITIC
This is romantic comedy of the wispiest kind, but the picture is generous, graceful, and consistently funny.
May 19, 2014
Terrence Rafferty
New Yorker
TOP CRITIC
There’s a genial untidiness about Singles, but it’s unified by Crowe’s affection for his characters, and by the terrific Paul Westerberg music track, which plays like a pulse-beat to these people’s lives.
May 19, 2014
Peter Rainer
Los Angeles Times
TOP CRITIC
There is something new here, and very fresh.
May 19, 2014 | Rating: 3/4
Dave Kehr
Chicago Tribune
TOP CRITIC
Crowe doesn’t add much to the general discussion, but he’s assembled an attractive cast and seems to have a genuine affection for the young people on the screen.
May 19, 2014 | Rating: 3/5
Jay Boyar
Orlando Sentinel
TOP CRITIC
…a reasonably memorable romcom…
October 17, 2021 | Rating: 3/4
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews
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
Malcolm Johnson
Hartford Courant
Classic ’90s romcom with great soundtrack; sex, cursing.
August 30, 2017 | Rating: 4/5
Renee Schonfeld
Common Sense Media
Infernally precious.
May 19, 2014 | Rating: 2.5/4
Stephen Hunter
Baltimore Sun
Crowe’s greatest strength is the way he focuses on those smaller moments in life that are rarely reflected in movies.
May 19, 2014 | Rating: 4/5
Alan Jones
Radio Times
No matter your age, you will warm to the young men and women in Singles who are striving to find their balance in the pleasant ambiance of Seattle.
May 19, 2014
Bill von Maurer
South Florida Sun-Sentinel…
Plot
Romantic comedy about six of Seattle’s young people, most of whom live in the same apartment building and whose lives revolve around the city’s ever-expanding music scene. The inter-related stories about each character’s progress through the singles scene are intriguing and often very funny, and the soundtrack is a grunge fanatic’s dream, with the likes of Soundgarden, Pearl Jam and Mudhoney.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
The film features a young Matt Dillon and Bridget Fonda in their prime.
Cameron-Crowe.jpg
