Groove (film)

Groove
Groove
	Groove Promotional Movie Poster
Directed by	Greg Harrison
Written by	Greg Harrison
Produced by	Greg Harrison
Starring	; Mackenzie Firgens; Lola Glaudini; ; Hamish Linklater; Vincent Riverside; Rachel True; Steve Van Wormer;
Cinematography	Matthew Irving
Edited by	Greg Harrison
Music by	Scott Hardkiss (song and end theme)
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Classics
Release date	2000;
Running time	86 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$500,000 (estimated)

Groove is a 2000 American film directed by Greg Harrison. It portrays one night in the San Francisco underground rave scene. Through a single email, the word spreads that a huge rave is going to take place in an abandoned warehouse. John Digweed has a cameo as himself and also contributed to the soundtrack with Nick Muir, under their production alias Bedrock.

Plot[]

Groove tells the story of an all-night rave. The film is broken up into segments by which DJ is spinning and features real-life DJs Forest Green, WishFM, Polywog, and Digweed. It follows David Turner (Hamish Linklater), who becomes a reluctant raver when his brother Colin () drags him to the rave.

Cast[]

as Bill
Mackenzie Firgens as Harmony Stitts
Lola Glaudini as Leyla Heydel
as Colin Turner
Hamish Linklater as David Turner
Steve Van Wormer as Ernie Townsend
Rachel True as Beth Anderson
Vincent Riverside as Anthony
as Guy Pritchkin
Ari Gold as Cliff Rafferty
as Joe Torres
as Lisa Monroe
as Aaron Lubiarz
as DJ Polywog
as DJ Forest Green
Wade Randolph Hampton as DJ WishFM
as Dancefloor DJ #5 (Cinco)
John Digweed as DJ Digweed
as DJ Snaz
Elizabeth Sun as Maggie McMullen
Nick Offerman as Sergeant Channahon

Production[]

After being turned down by studios for funding, production costs were met by selling shares of the film to investors similar to angel investment of a startup company.

Reception[]

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 57% based on 51 reviews, with a weighted average rating of 6.1/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Though high on energy and great techno tunes, Groove's characters and plotlines are too clichéd to be engaging."^[1] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 54 out of 100, based on 25 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".^[2]

References[]

^ "Groove (2000)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
^ "Groove Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 6, 2018.

External links[]

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[1] "Groove (2000)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved March 6, 2018.

[2] "Groove Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 6, 2018.

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