Mean People Suck

2001 American film

April 2001 (2001-04)

Running time

8 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget$10,000

Mean People Suck is an NYU student film released in 2001.^[1] It is directed by Matthew Cole Weiss and stars Dominique Swain as Kate, James Franco as Casey, and Eric Christian Olsen as Nick, with a supporting role by Beverley Mitchell as Kate's sister.

Mean People Suck was available for viewing on Spike.com from 2007 to 2016.

Plot summary

Three stubborn teenagers place a bet over which one of them is the meanest.

Cast

Dominique Swain as Kate
James Franco as Casey
Eric Christian Olsen as Nick
Beverley Mitchell as Kate's sister
Michael Higgins as Old Man
Eric Axen as Joey
Jack Ferver as Jesse Milton
Matthew Cole Weiss as Boy in Funeral Home
Julie Schubert as Diner Patron #1
Beth Marshall as Diner Patron #2
Ryan Shogren as Boy in Locker Room
Rob Cameron as Boy in Locker Room #2
Kevin Thoms as Boy in Locker Room #3

Release

Festival screenings

The film premiered at the First Run Film Festival in April, 2001,^[2] It screened at multiple festivals after that, receiving Best Student Film at the Fargo Film Festival on March 2, 2002.^[3]