Editing Can't Hardly Wait (section)

===Critical response===
On [[Rotten Tomatoes]] the film holds an approval rating of 42% based on 64 reviews, with an average rating of 5.1/10. The site's consensus reads, "Occasionally clever and moderately intelligent, ''Can't Hardly Wait'' also contains too many cheap laughs, recycled plotting, and flat characters."<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/cant_hardly_wait/ | title = Can't Hardly Wait | work = [[Rotten Tomatoes]] | access-date = August 29, 2024| archive-date = May 17, 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210517135950/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/cant_hardly_wait | url-status = live }}</ref> On [[Metacritic]] the film has a weighted average score of 52 out of 100, based on 17 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.<ref>{{cite web |title= Can't Hardly Wait |url= https://www.metacritic.com/movie/cant-hardly-wait |website= [[Metacritic]] |access-date= 2019-08-17 |archive-date= 2021-04-16 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210416110931/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/cant-hardly-wait |url-status= live }}</ref> Audiences surveyed by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film a grade "B+" on scale of A to F.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |title= Cinemascore |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date= December 20, 2018|access-date= August 17, 2019}}</ref>

[[Kevin Thomas (film critic)|Kevin Thomas]] of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' wrote: "For all its nonstop energy and high spirits, ''Can't Hardly Wait'' allows its characters to emerge as fully dimensional individuals; they've been written with care and perception and played with equal aplomb by a roster of talented young actors".<ref>{{cite news |date= 12 June 1998 |first= Kevin |last= Thomas |author-link= Kevin Thomas (film critic) |title= For Teens in Witty 'Wait,' the Real World Arrives |url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jun-12-ca-58967-story.html |newspaper= [[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date= 17 August 2019 |archive-date= 17 August 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190817224034/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jun-12-ca-58967-story.html |url-status= live }}</ref>
[[Mick LaSalle]] of the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' wrote: "''Can't Hardly Wait'' has freshness, comic invention and an engaging romantic spirit."<ref>{{cite news |date= June 12, 1998 |last= LaSalle |first= Mick |author-link= Mick LaSalle |title= 'Can't Hardly Wait' For This Party to Start / Film makes most of school-is-out formula |url= https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Can-t-Hardly-Wait-For-This-Party-to-Start-3003536.php |newspaper= [[San Francisco Chronicle]] |publisher= [[Hearst Publications]] |access-date= August 17, 2019 |archive-date= August 17, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190817223302/https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Can-t-Hardly-Wait-For-This-Party-to-Start-3003536.php |url-status= live }}</ref>
Stephen Thompson of ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' wrote: "But the film deserves credit, both for its breezy pacing and its uncommon tendency to make its characters smarter and geekier than they might have been."<ref name="avclub">{{cite web |date= April 23, 2002 |last= Thompson |first= Stephen |title= Can't Hardly Wait |url= https://www.avclub.com/cant-hardly-wait-1798197380 |website= [[The A.V. Club]] |access-date= August 17, 2019 |archive-date= August 17, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190817223305/https://film.avclub.com/cant-hardly-wait-1798197380 |url-status= live }}</ref>

[[Emanuel Levy]] of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' called the film a "mediocre attempt to recapture the exuberance and candid portraiture of such high school movie classics as ''[[American Graffiti]]'', ''[[Fast Times at Ridgemont High]]'' and ''[[Dazed and Confused (film)|Dazed and Confused]].''" Levy praised the cast but was critical of the "uneven script and rough direction".<ref>{{cite magazine |date= June 5, 1998 |last1= Levy |first= Emanuel |title= Can't Hardly Wait |url= https://variety.com/1998/film/reviews/can-t-hardly-wait-1117477593/ |magazine= [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date= August 17, 2019 |archive-date= August 17, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190817223303/https://variety.com/1998/film/reviews/can-t-hardly-wait-1117477593/ |url-status= live }}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' gave the film 1.5 stars out of 4, and wrote: "The kind of movie that somehow succeeds in moving very, very slowly even while proceeding at a breakneck pace. It cuts quickly back and forth between nothing and nothing... It doesn't have the zing of life and subversion that the best high school movies always have."<ref>{{cite news |date= June 12, 1998 |last= Ebert |first= Roger |author-link= Roger Ebert |title= Can't Hardly Wait Movie Review (1998) |url= https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/cant-hardly-wait-1998 |newspaper= [[Chicago Sun-Times]] |publisher= [[Sun-Times Media Group]] |location= Chicago, Illinois |via= rogerebert.com |access-date= August 17, 2019 |archive-date= August 17, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190817223301/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/cant-hardly-wait-1998 |url-status= live }}</ref>