Wasted

TV Movie
2002
R
1h 36m

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Texan small town high school buddies Chris, Owen Turner and Samantha 'Sam' Campbell were inconspicuous, bored and feeling blasé about anti-drug campaigns, so they 'experiment'. After OD'ed S... Read allTexan small town high school buddies Chris, Owen Turner and Samantha 'Sam' Campbell were inconspicuous, bored and feeling blasé about anti-drug campaigns, so they 'experiment'. After OD'ed Sam's dad gets her to detox, she grows closer to gentle Chris, who follows suit, and the pa... Read allTexan small town high school buddies Chris, Owen Turner and Samantha 'Sam' Campbell were inconspicuous, bored and feeling blasé about anti-drug campaigns, so they 'experiment'. After OD'ed Sam's dad gets her to detox, she grows closer to gentle Chris, who follows suit, and the pair takes distances from her cocky ex Owen, who gets drawn into the drug scene. Even their ... Read all

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6.3/10

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Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations total

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Nick Stahl

Chris

Summer Phoenix

Samantha

Aaron Paul

Owen

Britt Irvin

Amy
(as Brittney Irvin)

Andrew Airlie

Samantha's Father

Tony Massil

Brad

Jacqueline Samuda

Chris' Mom

Barbara Gates Wilson

Dr. Maxwell
(as Barbara Gates-Wilson)

Derek Richards

Chris' Dad

Joe Norman Shaw

Coach

Lorette Clow

Amy's Mom

Doug McKeag

Amy's Dad

Ty Olsson

Kurt

Ingrid Tesch

Owen's Mom

Frank Takacs

Teacher

Krista Rae

Tina

Paul Dunphy

Reporter

Stephen Kay

Counselor
(as Stephen T. Kay)

Director
- Stephen Kay
Writer
- Craig Machen
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7nfmadprops04

Sticks with you

I am from Texas, and live very close to Plano where the actual deaths occurred, so I might be a bit biased in saying that "Wasted" is a film that you just can't get out of your head.

Stahl, Phoenix, and Paul all play their characters very realistically. You truly believe that they are everyday high school students who just happen to be heroin addicts. The drug content is handled very graphically as well - although everything that happens in the film serves a purpose, and each moment the characters spiral further downward is heartbreaking. I definitely recommend this film to anyone. Once you watch it, it sticks with you!

teddyryan

impressive

You would think an MTV made flick about drugs would be lopsided in that obnoxious MTV way. But, WASTED is a complete surprise. One of the best TV movies I've ever seen. Extremely poignant and masterfully written. Nick Stahl's performance as Chris is also worth the viewing.

buckaroobanzai50

Wasted? That's what I did with my time seeing this.

Absolute rubbish this. Lame direction, boring script and acting from all concerned, and it looked like someone's home movie shot on digi video. Summer Pheonix is sexy and all, but that's not enough to hold my attention during a flick.

Must try harder MTV.

LATENITE

Addiction vs. Sobriety

I wanted to see this movie to get a corny glimpse of MTV getting hypocritical about drug use, because these days much music (hip-hop especially) is blatantly pro-marijuana. What it turned out to be was an enthralling look at a group of friends battling with heroin addiction. Summer Phoenix was very believable as a recovering addict and the rest of the cast did very well in their roles. I saw a bit of 'Requiem for a Dream' in this, but maybe that's ineveitable in an anti-drug movie. I didn't love or hate this movie, but it kept me with my eyes glued to the screen for the full run of it. It was an emotionally powerful movie, indeed.

8oreo77277

Not so wasted...

I wasn't planning on watching wasted when I saw the MTV preview but since I had nothing better to do or watch on a Sunday night I watched it.

Wasted was no Requiem for a Dream but it was a very good movie considering it was made by MTV. One thing that drew me to watching it was Summer Pheonix the sister of the late and wonderful River Pheonix stared. I suppose talent runs in the Pheonix family because she was good and so is Jaquien though niether are River. Nick Stahl also gives a great preformance as a junky jock. There isn't much else to say about wasted. It was a dark depressing and insightful look into the lives of three small town junkies. I recomend it to those who like the subject. 8/10

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Owen: I've been telling everybody who will listen to me that I'm through with all that, but I like it. I like the way it makes me feel. I wish I was feeling that way right now, it'd make this fucking boring conversation a lot more interesting. And I, uh, got some unfortunate news for you, Chris. Sammy likes it, too. And if you think you're jock love is gonna be enough for her, you're wrong. She'll come back for me. Not because I'm any big thing, but because I know how to keep her!

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