Quartile rating: 6.5/10 · 1 rating
A group of young adults in their twenties, who share an apartment in the city of Seattle, ponder on love and face all the challenges of adulthood.
Singles is a distinctly of-its-moment snapshot of early-90s Seattle grunge culture, with Crowe's insider access to Pearl Jam and Soundgarden giving it an irreplaceable cultural authenticity that no other film captures. The ensemble cast (Campbell Scott, Bridget Fonda, Kyra Sedgwick, Matt Dillon) delivers warm, naturalistic performances that elevate the thin material. The episodic, loosely structured plot meanders pleasantly but never builds much dramatic momentum, and the ending dissolves rather than resolves. Cinematographically competent but unremarkable. Its Novelty is its genuine strength — this is the definitive document of a place and subculture at a very specific cultural moment.