History YMMV / RealityBites

* EsotericMovieEnding: After quitting her job, Leilana pays her bills by charging them all to her dad's card he loaned her for gas, a "solution" to her unemployment that obviously won't work because her father can see the charges and calls her at the end asking her why he's being billed $900. So inevitably Leilana will have to pay it all back and go back to job hunting anyway.

* FanPreferredCouple: [[http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/215321/reality-bites-20-years-later-troy-dyer-was-a-terrible-decision/ As some]] critics have pointed out, the film clearly wants you to root for Lelaina to get together with Troy, although he's really a terrible choice in every single way. Michael, on the other hand, is a nice guy who has a job, but because of that, that makes him [[DesignatedVillain a sell-out to "The Man"]] who should be dumped.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The film was held up as a near-perfect snapshot of 90s youth culture and Generation X angst when it first came out in 1994. However, this would end up working against it as time marched on, as some of the subjects the film addressed (such as Sammy's {{gayngst}} and Vickie's AIDS scare) have [[SocietyMarchesOn become old hat]]. Moreover, the characters' FirstWorldProblems and hipster-esque railings against suburban middle-class normality because they have nothing else to rail against can come across as much less sympathetic after the War on Terror and the Great Recession of 2008 came around. In short, ''Reality Bites'' hasn't aged well due to being a product of a time that didn't really feel like it had quite as many "real" problems in hindsight (at least when compared to the 2000s and 2010s).

** Troy especially, who can be condescending, smugly loves how clever he is, and is almost proto-hipster-like in his dislike for The Man, yet the film seems to want the audience to root for him to get together with Lelaina, not Michael, a perfectly nice and even {{Adorkable}} guy because... he is a yuppie? He has a good job?

* OneSceneWonder: The people Leilana meets while applying for the job. Andy Dick, Creator/KeithDavid, Anne Meara (Stiller's real-life mother), and Creator/DavidSpade make memorable appearances for one single scene due to their hilarious excuses and offers they make to her.