Based on the 1991 novel of the same name by Andrew Wellman, it stars Stephen Dorff and Reese Witherspoon.

Cliff Spab and his friend Joe Dice go out one evening to buy beer from a convenience store, where a group of armed, masked terrorists take them and three other people hostage.

While being filmed, he demonstrates his new-found nihilistic world-view in an improvised monologue in which he repeatedly asks, "So Fucking What?".

Back on the street, Cliff finds his life changed forever by the convenience store incident.

He visits another friend, Morrow Streeter, who lets Cliff hide out at the elegant home of his lawyer sister Janet.

Cliff eventually stops fleeing from the journalists following him; he hosts a videoclip show, holds press conferences and makes public appearances.

After sitting in angry silence, Babs takes a gun from her book bag and stands up.

[3][4] In a one-star review, critic Roger Ebert said "the film is intended as a satirical attack on the cult of celebrity", but its central figure is "the most singularly stupid, obnoxious character I've seen on the screen in many a day - which would be promising, if he were not boring, as well.

and "Spab 'N' Janet Evening/The Green Room", being written especially for this movie: The director, when discussing the soundtrack, stated "In a way, this story parallels what happened to [Kurt] Cobain.

Levy wanted to include Nirvana's "All Apologies" and asked Cobain to screen a rough cut of the film.

While he states that "Kurt really responded to the movie", Levy missed getting permission to include the song due to Cobain's suicide.

The soundtrack does include "Teenage Whore", a tune by Cobain's widow Courtney Love and her band Hole.

Levy recalled "When she was responding (to Cobain's suicide note in a taped broadcast) she kept using the term 'So f -- -ing what'.