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59% Critic Match
S.F.W.
“Fate made them hostages. The media made them stars.”
5.9 / 10• 1995• 1h 36m•R• English
ComedyDrama
Storyline
An alienated and misanthropic teenager gains sudden and unwanted celebrity status after he's taken hostage by terrorists where his indifference to their threats to kill him makes news headlines.
Cast & Crew
Stephen Dorff
Cliff Spab
Lead
Reese Witherspoon
Wendy Pfister
Jake Busey
Morrow Streeter
Joey Lauren Adams
Monica Dice
Pamela Gidley
Janet Streeter
David Barry Gray
Scott Spab
Jack Noseworthy
Joe Dice
Richard Portnow
Gerald Parsley
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Jefery Levy's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. S.F.W. is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
