According to Spencer (2001)

User Rating:

4.4/10   

Director:

Shane Edelman

Writers:

Marissa Ribisi (written by) &
Meredith Morton (written by) ...

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

According to Spencer, She's the one... Everyone else thinks so too!

Plot Keywords:

Vomit | Advertising Agency | Los Angeles California | Porn Industry | Restaurant

Cast

Jesse Bradford	...	Spencer
Mia Kirshner	...	Melora
David Krumholtz	...	Ezra
Adam Goldberg	...	Feldy
Brad Rowe	...	Craig
Marissa Ribisi	...	Wendy
Precious Chong	...	Lisa
Florence Stanley	...	Grandma
Giovanni Ribisi	...	Louis
Shane Edelman	...	Jason
Meredith Morton	...	Rona
Sean Flynn	...	Young Spencer
Rosario Gru	...	Young Melora
Frank Kopyc	...	Apartment Manager
Robert Kurcz	...	Elder Landlord

Also Known As:

Admiring Melora (USA) (working title)
Der Pechvogel (Germany) (new title)
Garage Sale
Spencer (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and sexual content.

Runtime:

94 min | Argentina:95 min

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Germany:12 | USA:R | Australia:MA | Argentina:16

Filming Locations:

Carson, California, USA

Company:

Cinerenta Medienbeteiligungs KG

Trivia:

The original title of this movie was "Garage Sale".

Quotes:

Melora: How do I look?
Spencer: Exactly like you did in the forth grade.
Melora: What? Short and scrawny?
Spencer: No. Beautiful.

Movie Connections:

References The Black Gestapo (1975)

Soundtrack:

Come Alive

Lame, lame

The stale premise - an innocent youth comes to the big city and against all odds wins the career and girl of his dreams - is not made fresher by such devices as a deceased grandma who keeps showing up to offer sage advice. (The only point of marginal interest is the script's limp switcheroo on "The Apartment": Here, it's the junior executive (Kirshner) who's involved with the boss, while the torch-carrying schnook is working class.) In "King of the Hill" Jesse Bradford had enough charisma to carry a film, a quality that appears to have receded as puberty set in. Or maybe he just gets poor career advice. Certainly he is ill served by drek like "SwimFan," "Speedway Junky," and this one. . .

In a subplot tied with the thinnest of threads to the main story, Spencer's roommates (David Krumholtz and Adam Goldberg) are holed up in a mansion they evidently and unaccountably own, attempting to make an amateur porn film. Watching their mirthless antics I was reminded of the efforts of supporting players Abbott and Costello to shine as a team in "One Night in the Tropics," except neither Krumholtz nor Goldberg would qualify as "the funny one." Even the title is off - Spencer is a clueless naif who never expresses any view of life that would qualify as "according to." The picture seems intended as a lighthearted romp among friends, but the results are just heavy, predictable, and dull.