Editing Can't Hardly Wait

{{For|the song by The Replacements|Can't Hardly Wait (song)}}
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{{Infobox film
| name            = Can't Hardly Wait
| image           = Can't_Hardly_Wait_Theatrical_Release_Poster.jpg
| caption         = Theatrical release poster
| alt             =
| director        = {{Plainlist|
* [[Deborah Kaplan]]
* [[Harry Elfont]]
}}
| producer        = {{Plainlist|
* [[Jenno Topping]]
* [[Betty Thomas]]
}}
| writer          = {{Plainlist|
* Deborah Kaplan
* Harry Elfont
}}
| starring        = {{Plainlist|
* [[Ethan Embry]]
* [[Charlie Korsmo]]
* [[Lauren Ambrose]]
* [[Peter Facinelli]]
* [[Seth Green]]
* [[Jennifer Love Hewitt]]
}}
| music          = {{Plainlist|
* [[David Kitay]]
* [[Matthew Sweet]]
}}
| cinematography = Lloyd Ahern
| editing        = Michael Jablow
| production_companies = {{Plainlist|
* [[Columbia Pictures]]
* Tall Trees Productions
}}
| distributor    = [[Sony Pictures Releasing]]
| released       = {{Film date|1998|06|12|United States}}
| runtime        = 101 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $10–13 million<ref name="Smith">{{cite web |date= 7 June 1998 |last= Smith |first= Steven |title= It's Their Party |url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jun-07-ca-57291-story.html |website= [[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date= 18 August 2019 |archive-date= 18 August 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190818041511/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jun-07-ca-57291-story.html |url-status= live }}</ref><ref name="numbers">{{cite web |title= Can't Hardly Wait (1998) - Financial Information |url= https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Cant-Hardly-Wait#tab=summary |website= [[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date= 2019-08-17 |archive-date= 2023-02-19 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230219031351/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Cant-Hardly-Wait#tab=summary |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jun-16-fi-60305-story.html |title= So-So Debut for Harrison Ford in 'Six Days, Seven Nights' |work= Los Angeles Times |date= June 16, 1998 |access-date= October 29, 2020 |archive-date= November 1, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201101044037/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jun-16-fi-60305-story.html |url-status= live }}</ref>
| gross          = $25.6 million<ref name="mojo" />
}}

'''''Can't Hardly Wait''''' is a 1998 American [[Teen film|teen]] [[romantic comedy]] film written and directed by [[Deborah Kaplan]] and [[Harry Elfont]]. It stars an [[ensemble cast]] including [[Ethan Embry]], [[Charlie Korsmo]], [[Lauren Ambrose]], [[Peter Facinelli]], [[Seth Green]], and [[Jennifer Love Hewitt]], and contains a number of "before-they-were-famous" appearances by teen stars. The story takes place at a high school graduation party.

The film received mixed reviews from critics. It grossed a total of $25 million at the North American domestic box office, against a production budget of $10 million. The soundtrack peaked at number 25 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart.

==Concept==
The story takes place at a [[secondary school|high school]] graduation party in the late 1990s and in a style much like that of the high school movies of the 1980s. The idea of setting most of the movie at a party was based primarily on concerns to keep production costs low and was also inspired by the movies of [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] and the party scene in ''[[Say Anything...]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://entertainment.time.com/2013/06/12/back-to-the-party-15-things-you-didnt-know-about-cant-hardly-wait/ |title=Back to the Party: 15 Things You Didn't Know About Can't Hardly Wait |last=Rothman |first=Lily |date=2013-06-12 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |access-date=2022-11-07 |archive-date=2022-11-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221107234848/https://entertainment.time.com/2013/06/12/back-to-the-party-15-things-you-didnt-know-about-cant-hardly-wait/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="oral history"/>

The film takes its name from [[The Replacements (band)|The Replacements]]' song of the same title,{{citation needed|date=May 2023}} from their 1987 album ''[[Pleased to Meet Me]]'', which plays over the film's closing credits.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}

==Plot==
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In 1998, the senior class of suburban high school Huntington Hillside High are attending a [[graduation]] party at the house of a rich class member. Among them is Preston Meyers, an outsider who plans to proclaim his secret four-year-long love to Amanda Beckett.

Amanda, the most popular girl in school and the senior class prom queen, has been dumped by popular [[jock (subculture)|jock]] Mike Dexter. His classmate William Lichter targets him, plotting revenge against Mike for years of [[bullying]]. Kenny Fisher is a wannabe thug who plans on losing his [[virginity]] by the end of the night.

Amanda is consoled by her popular girlfriends, but realizes she has nothing in common with them. She tries to figure out if she has an identity beyond only being known as "Mike Dexter's girlfriend".

Amanda discovers a letter addressed to her by Preston and, moved by its contents, makes it her mission to find him, though she does not know what he looks like and no one she asks gives any helpful descriptions. Meanwhile, Preston's antisocial best friend Denise Fleming and Kenny accidentally lock themselves inside a bathroom away from the party, where they talk about their old friendship and how they had drifted apart. Their conversation leads to the restoration of their friendship and escalates into them having sex.

A graduate from Mike's high school, Trip McNeely, tells him that guys like them are "a dime a dozen" in college. Trip emphasizes how he dumped his girlfriend in the same fashion that Mike did to "score" with other women and was unsuccessful. Terrified of this prospect, Mike tries to get Amanda back, but she is happier without him and humiliates him in front of everyone there.

After seeing the school jock turned down, multiple guys begin to hit on Amanda, much to her disgust. Preston finds her and professes his love, but as she still has not learned what he looks like, she assumes he is another pervert and rejects him in front of the entire party. Amanda later realizes her mistake when she sees Preston's yearbook picture and tries to find him, but he has already driven home in disappointment.

Meanwhile, William devises his plan to get revenge on Mike and goes into the party to drive him out. While there, William begins drinking [[alcohol (drug)|alcohol]] to fit in, drinking enough to make him forget why he was there. An impromptu sing-along to [[Guns N' Roses]]' "[[Paradise City]]" causes him to become popular, with multiple women trying to have sex with him.

William later begins talking with Mike, who apologizes for bullying him. After William forgives him, the two bond and seemingly become friends. When both are jailed as a result of a police bust, Mike takes the blame.

The next morning, when William sees Mike and his friends at a diner, he tries to thank him for taking the fall. However, Mike acts as though he remembers nothing that happened the previous night, and again ridicules him in front of his friends.

Meanwhile, Preston is at a [[train station]] about to leave for Boston when Amanda arrives and asks him about the letter. He confesses he wrote it and is about to depart for a writing workshop with [[Kurt Vonnegut]]. The two say goodbye and Preston walks away, but then stops and runs back to Amanda before the two kiss.

The epilogue explains what happens to all of the main characters:
* William becomes one of the most popular students at Harvard. He forms a computer company that makes him worth millions, and starts dating a supermodel.
* Mike goes to college but, after drinking too much, loses his football scholarship. He ends up forty pounds overweight and working at a car wash, a job he loses when incriminating Polaroids surface.
* The day after the party, Denise and Kenny go to a diner, where she dumps him five minutes later. Ten minutes pass before they find a bathroom and get back together.
* Seven hours later, Preston boards a train to Boston. Amanda writes him a letter for every day that he is away. They remain together.

==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
* [[Ethan Embry]] as Preston Meyers
* [[Jennifer Love Hewitt]] as Amanda Beckett
* [[Lauren Ambrose]] as Denise Fleming
* [[Peter Facinelli]] as Mike Dexter
* [[Seth Green]] as Kenny Fisher
* [[Charlie Korsmo]] as William Lichter
* [[Robert Jayne]] as Richie Coolboy
* Michelle Brookhurst as Molly Stinson, party host
* [[Joel Michaely]] as Geoff Piccirilli, X-File #1
* [[Jay Paulson]] as Murphy Pelan, X-File #2
* [[Chris Owen (actor)|Chris Owen]] as the [[Kleptomaniac|Klepto]] Kid
* [[Jason Segel]] as Matt, Watermelon Guy
* [[Clea DuVall|Clea Duvall]] as Jana
* [[Jaime Pressly]] as Beth, Girlfriend #1
* [[Tamala Jones]] as Cindi, Girlfriend #2
* Jennifer Lyons as Rachel, Girlfriend #3
* [[Channon Roe]] as Jake, Jock #1
* [[Sean Patrick Thomas]] as Ben, Jock #2
* [[Freddy Rodriguez (actor)|Freddy Rodriguez]] as T.J., Jock #3
* [[Erik Palladino]] as Cousin Ron
* [[Donald Faison]] as Dan, Love Burger drummer
* [[Paige Moss]] as Ashley
* [[Eric Balfour]] as Steve, Hippie Guy
* [[Selma Blair]] and [[Jennifer Paz]] as the Girls Mike Hits On
* [[Sara Rue]] as Earth Girl
* [[Nicole Bilderback]] as Ready to Have Sex Girl
* [[Leslie Grossman]] as Ready to Have Sex's Friend
* [[Marisol Nichols]] as Groupie #2
* [[Vicellous Reon Shannon|Vicellous Shannon]] as Carl, [[Reddi-wip]] Kid
}}

==Production==
The script for ''Can't Hardly Wait'' was originally written in 1996, by Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan who were looking for a project they could develop and direct themselves on a limited budget. The project was approved by [[Columbia Pictures]] in mid-1997, following the success of teen-oriented horror film ''[[Scream (1996 film)|Scream]]'' in early 1997.<ref name="oral history">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theringer.com/movies/2018/6/11/17442324/cant-hardly-wait-20th-anniversary|title=The Beer Has Not Gone Bad: How 'Can't Hardly Wait' Became a Teen Cult Classic|first=Andrew|last=Gruttadaro|date=June 11, 2018|website=[[The Ringer (website)|The Ringer]]|access-date=May 3, 2019|archive-date=May 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503145417/https://www.theringer.com/movies/2018/6/11/17442324/cant-hardly-wait-20th-anniversary|url-status=live}}</ref>  Principal photography for ''Can't Hardly Wait'' started in October 1997, and ran for 26 days.<ref name="oral history"/> [[Jennifer Love Hewitt]] was known for ''[[Party of Five]]'' when she signed on to the film, and appeared in the slasher hit ''[[I Know What You Did Last Summer]]'', which helped to further raise her profile.<ref name="oral history"/>  According to [[Charlie Korsmo]], [[Adam Hann-Byrd]] was originally cast as William Lichter.<ref>{{cite web|title='Can't Hardly Wait' actor says he still makes money from the 20-year-old film|date=6 June 2018|publisher=[[Fox News]]|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/cant-hardly-wait-actor-says-he-still-makes-money-from-the-20-year-old-film.amp|access-date=15 July 2019|archive-date=15 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715073139/https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/cant-hardly-wait-actor-says-he-still-makes-money-from-the-20-year-old-film.amp|url-status=live}}</ref>

The cast had a week of rehearsals before filming.<ref name="Smith" />

The film initially received an R-Rating due to MPAA objections about the depiction of teens drinking alcohol at an unsupervised party and drug use. The film was recut to receive a PG-13 rating.<ref name="Smith" />

==Reception==
===Box office===
''Can't Hardly Wait'' was released on June 12, 1998, and grossed $8,025,910 in its opening weekend.<ref name="mojo">{{cite web |title= Can't Hardly Wait (1998) |url= http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=canthardlywait.htm |website= [[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date= 2010-10-15 |archive-date= 2010-12-08 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101208171749/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=canthardlywait.htm |url-status= live }}</ref> Its total domestic gross was $25,605,015, more than double its production budget.

===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>

===Awards===
In 2012, ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' ranked ''Can't Hardly Wait'' number 44 on its list of the 50 Best High School Movies of all time.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/gallery/50-best-high-school-movies-0/?slide=383490#383490 |title=The 50 Best High School Movies |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221226170321/https://ew.com/gallery/50-best-high-school-movies-0/?slide=383490 |archive-date=December 26, 2022}}</ref>

* [[MTV Movie & TV Awards|MTV Movie Awards]]
** Best Female Performance: ([[Jennifer Love Hewitt]]) '''Nominated'''
* [[Young Artist Award]]s
** Best Performance in a Feature Film — Leading Young Actress: ([[Jennifer Love Hewitt]]) '''Nominated'''

==Sequel==
On May 25, 2019, on [[Danny Pellegrino]]'s ''Everything Iconic'' [[podcast]], Jennifer Love Hewitt revealed that she is developing ''Can't Hardly Wait 2'' with plans to direct it herself. The concept revolves around the reunion of the original high school gang from the 1998 film.<ref>{{Cite podcast|url=https://www.stitcher.com/s?eid=61104804|title=Interview with an Icon: Jennifer Love Hewitt|website=Everything Iconic with Danny Pellegrino|date=May 26, 2019|publisher=Acast|access-date=2020-01-16|archive-date=2023-11-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231122191154/https://www.pandora.com/browse/podcasts?source=stitcher-sunset|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Home media==
The film was released on [[VHS]] and [[DVD]] on November 17, 1998.<ref name="amazonDVD">{{cite web |url= https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00000F0AD |title= Can't Hardly Wait: Movies |website= Amazon |access-date= October 20, 2013 |archive-date= November 22, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231122191208/https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00000F0AD |url-status= live }}</ref> On September 30, 2008, it was re-released on DVD and [[Blu-ray]] as the "10 Year Reunion Edition" to commemorate the film's 10th anniversary. The re-release included bonus features not on the original release.<ref name="amazonBD">{{cite web |url= https://www.amazon.com/Cant-Hardly-Reunion-Edition-Blu-ray/dp/B001CY5MYW |title= Can't Hardly Wait: Movies |website= Amazon |access-date= October 20, 2013 |archive-date= December 30, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131230032424/http://www.amazon.com/Cant-Hardly-Reunion-Edition-Blu-ray/dp/B001CY5MYW |url-status= live }}</ref> Mill Creek Entertainment reissued the DVD and Blu-ray on June 17, 2014, and October 30, 2018, respectively with the latter format billed as the "20 Year Reunion Edition". The film was released on [https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Cant-Hardly-Wait-4K-Blu-ray/363364/ 4k UHD] Blu-ray on August 20, 2024, by Sony Pictures.

==Music==
===Soundtrack===
{{Infobox album
| name       = Can't Hardly Wait: Music From The Motion Picture
| type       = soundtrack
| artist     = Various Artists
| released   = May 26, 1998
| recorded   = 1997–98
| genre      = [[Soundtrack]]
| length     = 59:00
| label      = [[Elektra Records]]
| producer   = Various Artists
| misc       = 
{{Singles
| name = Can't Hardly Wait: Music From The Motion Picture
| type = soundtrack
| single1 = [[Hit Em wit da Hee]]
| single1date = April 3, 1998
| single2 = [[Turn It Up (Remix) / Fire It Up]]
| single2date = May 15, 1998
| single3 = [[Can't Get Enough of You Baby#Smash Mouth version|Can't Get Enough of You Baby]]
| single3date = June 12, 1998
}}
}}
'''''Can't Hardly Wait: Music From The Motion Picture''''' is the soundtrack of the film which was released on May 26, 1998, by [[Elektra Records]]. It peaked at number 25 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart.<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/cant-hardly-wait-mw0000598699/awards |title= Can't Hardly Wait&nbsp;– Original Soundtrack&nbsp;– Awards&nbsp;– AllMusic |publisher= [[AllMusic]] |access-date= October 21, 2013 |archive-date= March 5, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160305113854/http://www.allmusic.com/album/cant-hardly-wait-mw0000598699/awards |url-status= live }}</ref>
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r350257}}</ref>
}}
{{Track listing
| extra_column  = Performed by
| total_length  = 59:00
| title1        = [[Graduate (song)|Graduate]]
| extra1        = [[Third Eye Blind]]
| length1       = 3:07
| title2        = [[Can't Get Enough of You Baby#Smash Mouth version|Can't Get Enough of You Baby]]
| extra2        = [[Smash Mouth]]
| length2       = 2:31
| title3        = [[Dammit]]
| extra3        = [[Blink-182]]
| length3       = 2:46
| title4        = I Walked In
| extra4        = [[Brougham (band)|Brougham]]
| length4       = 4:19
| title5        = [[Turn It Up (Remix) / Fire It Up]]
| extra5        = [[Busta Rhymes]]
| length5       = 3:44
| title6        = [[Hit Em Wit Da Hee]]
| note6         = Remix
| extra6        = [[Missy Elliott|Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott]] (featuring [[Lil' Kim]] and Mocha)
| length6       = 4:50
| title7        = [[Swing My Way]]
| note7         = Radio Edit
| extra7        = [[K.P. & Envyi]]
| length7       = 4:08
| title8        = [[Flash Light (song)|Flash Light]]
| extra8        = [[Parliament (band)|Parliament]]
| length8       = 4:27
| title9        = [[It's Tricky]]
| extra9        = [[Run-DMC|Run-D.M.C.]]
| length9       = 3:02
| title10       = [[High (Feeder song)|High]]
| extra10       = [[Feeder (band)|Feeder]]
| length10      = 4:34
| title11       = Tell Me What to Say
| extra11       = [[Black Lab]]
| length11      = 4:06
| title12       = Farther Down
| extra12       = [[Matthew Sweet]]
| length12      = 3:48
| title13       = [[Can't Hardly Wait (song)|Can't Hardly Wait]]
| extra13       = [[The Replacements (band)|The Replacements]]
| length13      = 3:03
| title14       = Umbrella
| extra14       = [[Dog's Eye View]]
| length14      = 3:34
| title15       = [[Paradise City]]
| extra15       = [[Guns N' Roses]]
| length15      = 6:45
}}

===Featured music===
Other music featured in the movie but not on the soundtrack includes:
{{Div col|colwidth=30em}}
# "London"&nbsp;– [[Third Eye Blind]]
# "[[Mandy (Barry Manilow song)|Mandy]]"&nbsp;– [[Barry Manilow]]
# "[[Caress Me Down]]"&nbsp;– [[Sublime (band)|Sublime]]
# "[[Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)|Romeo and Juliet]]"&nbsp;– [[Dire Straits]]
# "[[6 Underground (song)|6 Underground (The Umbrellas of Ladywell Mix # 2)]]"&nbsp;– [[Sneaker Pimps]]
# "Open Road Song"&nbsp;– [[Eve 6]]
# "[[I'll Make Love to You]]"&nbsp;– [[Boyz II Men]]
# "Wooly Imbibe"&nbsp;– [[Soul Coughing]]
# "[[Walkin' on the Sun]]"&nbsp;– [[Smash Mouth]]
# "Cold Beverage"&nbsp;– [[G. Love & Special Sauce]]
# "Ode"&nbsp;– [[Creed (band)|Creed]]
# "How Do I Make You"&nbsp;– [[Jennifer Love Hewitt]]
# "[[Don't Leave Me This Way]]"&nbsp;– [[Thelma Houston]]
# "[[All Mixed Up (311 song)|All Mixed Up]]"&nbsp;– [[311 (band)|311]]
# "[[More Human than Human]]"&nbsp;– [[White Zombie (band)|White Zombie]]
# "[[Inside Out (Eve 6 song)|Inside Out]]"&nbsp;– Eve 6
# "Get It On"&nbsp;– [[Kingdom Come (German band)|Kingdom Come]]
# "[[Bust a Move (song)|Bust a Move]]" – [[Young MC]]
# "[[Groove Is in the Heart]]" (The Deee-Remix)&nbsp;– [[Deee-Lite]]
# "The Mac"&nbsp;– [[Dr. Freeze]]
# "[[Funky Cold Medina]]"&nbsp;– [[Tone Loc|Tone Lōc]]
# "Ghost Radio"&nbsp;– [[Brian Setzer Orchestra]]
# "[[Lucas with the Lid Off]]"&nbsp;– [[Lucas Secon|Lucas]]
# "[[Love Hurts]]"&nbsp;– [[Nazareth (band)|Nazareth]]
# "[[Waiting for a Girl Like You]]"&nbsp;– [[Foreigner (band)|Foreigner]]
# "Sugar Cane"&nbsp;– [[Space Monkeys]]
# "[[Funk 49|Funk #49]]" – [[James Gang]]
# "[[When Will I See You Again]]"&nbsp;– [[The Three Degrees]]
# "[[Only You (Yazoo song)|Only You]]"&nbsp;– [[Yazoo (band)|Yazoo]]
{{Div col end}}

===Certifications===
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|artist=Soundtrack|title=Can't Hardly Wait|award=Gold|relyear=1998|certyear=1998|access-date=December 16, 2022}}
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==References==
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==External links==
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* {{IMDb title|0127723|Can't Hardly Wait}}
* {{mojo title|canthardlywait|Can't Hardly Wait}}

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