Rave
Directed byRonald Krauss
Written byRonald Krauss
Mario Zavala
Oona Croese (as Kristine A. Tata)[1]
Produced byMichael Kolko
Ronald Krauss
Ilan Lewinger
StarringDouglas Spain
Aimee Graham
Nicholle Tom
Tamara Mello
Efren Ramirez
CinematographyMario Zavala
Edited byDon Pollard
Music byJeffrey R. Gund
Production
company
Twelve Corners Entertainment
Distributed byLightyear Entertainment
Release date
[2]
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Rave is a 2000 American drama film written and directed by Ronald Krauss and starring Douglas Spain, Aimee Graham, Nicholle Tom, Tamara Mello, and Efren Ramirez.

Premise

On a Saturday night in downtown Los Angeles, several teenagers converge at a rave. The teens range from Daffy, an upstanding Mexican-American from a good home; Jay Hoon, a Korean-American teen who defies his strict father to go to the rave; JP and his friend Lazy; and rich girl trio Sadie, Mary, and Tracy. In one day, we see a portrait of these teenagers finding their way through all the temptations, attractions and dangers of the wild underbelly of Los Angeles.

Cast

Reception

Dennis Harvey of Variety gave the film a negative review, citing its clichéd, by-the-numbers plotlines.[3] He wrote, "No more imaginative than its title, indie feature exploits a rave as colorful background for retrograde troubled-youth dramatics that pile on one alarmist cliche — drug O.D., drive-by shooting, Parents Who Don’t Love Enough, etc. — after another to absolutely no credible effect."[3] Harvey concluded "Most real-life teens, not to mention ravers, will find Rave absurdly condescending and exploitative."[3]

Marc Savlov of The Austin Chronicle wrote, "The acting and technique (not to mention a rousing credit sequence) are uniformly good, but viewers familiar with the rave scene may come away feeling as if they've just been hit over the head with an American Family Association two-by-four. Peace, love, unity, and respect may be the bywords of rave culture, but Krauss' film plays more like a dreary ABC After-School Special in which common teenage quandaries result in death or worse, and your friendly neighborhood E dealer is a psycho killer."[4]

See also

  • Groove, a film about rave culture released in the same year

References

  1. "Oona Croese". oonacroese.com. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
  2. "Rave (World Premiere)". Woodstock Film Festival. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 Harvey, Dennis (May 6, 2001). "Rave". Variety. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
  4. Savlov, Marc (October 13, 2000). "Screen Play". www.austinchronicle.com. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
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