While "Reality Bites" (1994) is primarily a cultural touchstone film, academic papers do exist that analyze its themes. Here is one specific, highly relevant paper, along with a few other angles for finding more. Paper Title: "Slacking Toward the Millennium: The Dialectical Imagination in Reality Bites and Fight Club "
Sean Zwagerman
Search for the title on Google Scholar , JSTOR , or your university library portal. A preprint may also be available on Academia.edu or ResearchGate . Alternative: A Chapter in a Book If you prefer a book-length scholarly treatment, look for: Reality Bites
Generation X Goes to College: An Eye-Opening Account of Teaching in Post-Millennial America (2016) by Peter Sacks — but more directly: While "Reality Bites" (1994) is primarily a cultural