Groove 2000, Rated R Columbia Tristar Home Video

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All night party movies can go one of two ways: the crude Bachelor Party way, featuring gratuitous nudity and low brow humor, or the Dazed and Confused way, complete with a plethora of interesting and dramatic scenes and characters. Consciously choosing to eschew the more Road Trip like movies, writer/director/producer/editor Greg Harrison has created one of the most thoughtful, visual and aurally stimulating slice-of-life films in recent memory here in Groove. Hamish Linklater stars as David, the defacto lead in Groove's ensemble cast, as a rather grounded and sensible author of computer manuals. At the behest of his brother Colin (Denny Kirkwood) David is on the way to attend his first rave. Once at the rave, David meets Leyla (Lola Glaudini) and experiences life in a way he never previously thought possible. Harrison's story, like writer/director Richard Linklater's in Dazed and Confused, is very tight with no extraneous subplots or characters that seem out of place. With an upbeat and wonderfully bass heavy soundtrack (including a turn by British club phenom, John Digweed) and a flashy and technically sound style of direction, Groove was a genuine treat to watch. Warm, fun and forthright,

Groove was a very entertaining trip down the road less taken.