Directed by Danny Cannon Written by Lois Duncan   Trey Callaway   Cast Jennifer Love Hewitt ... Julie James Freddie Prinze Jr. ... Ray Bronson Brandy Norwood ... Karla Wilson (as Brandy) Mekhi Phifer ... Tyrell Muse Watson ... Ben Willis Bill Cobbs ... Estes Matthew Settle ... Will Benson Jeffrey Combs ... Mr. Brooks Jennifer Esposito ... Nancy John Hawkes ... Dave Ellerine Harding ... Olga (as Ellerine!) Benjamin Brown ... Darick The Dockhand Red West ... Paulsen Michael P. Byrne ... Thurston Michael Bryan French ... Doctor Dee Anne Helsel ... Nurse (as Dee Ann Helsel) Johnny Harrington ... Todd Mark Boone Junior ... Pawn Shop Owner (as Mark Boone Jr.) Dan Priest ... Professor Sylvia Short ... Old Woman Uncredited Cast Jack Black ... Titus Telesco Lisa Hoover ... Cocktail waitress Summer Moore ... Classmate Tanya Raisa ... Club Goer Jerome Elston Scott ... Basketball Player Produced by William S. Beasley   Stokely Chaffin   Erik Feig   Jose Ludlow   Neal H. Moritz   Original Music by John Frizzell

Additional Info Premiere: November 13, 1998 DVD Release: April 06, 1999 Blu-ray Release: July 14, 2009 Countries: Distributor: Sony Home Entertainment Websites: Production Companies Columbia Pictures (presents) Mandalay Entertainment (in association with) Estudios Churubusco Azteca S.A. (uncredited) Summer Knowledge LLC (uncredited) Global Entertainment Productions Original Film (as A Neal H. Moritz Production) Distributors Sony Pictures Releasing   (1998) (World-wide) (all media) Columbia Pictures   (1998) (USA) (theatrical) Columbia TriStar Home Video   (1999) (USA) (DVD) (VHS) Columbia TriStar Home Video   (1999) (USA) (video) (laserdisc) Sony Pictures Home Entertainment   (2009) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD) Rating Stats Overall Rating 4.5 / 10 Our Rating 4.3 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 5.0 / 10 Female Users 3.8 / 10 Site Ranking #1,930 / 20,869 Ratings Breakdown Almost Perfect 1 total rating Average 4 total ratings Mediocre 1 total rating Crap 2 total ratings Site Ranking #1,926 Manhunter (1986) #1,927 Jawan (2023) #1,928 Good Boys (2019) #1,929 [REC] 2 (2009) #1,930 I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998) #1,931 A Dog's Purpose (2017) #1,932 The Troll Hunter (2010) #1,933 Norbit (2007) #1,934 Violent Night (2022)