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"Very, Very Funny!" -Rex Reed
Rob Lowe (Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me), John Cusack (Being John Malkovich) and Andrew McCarthy (St. Elmo's Fire) make their feature film debuts in this hilarious, sexy mixture of "fantasy and farce" (Boxoffice). Co-starring Jacqueline Bisset (Dangerous Beauty) and filled with lusty coeds, "wild times [and] outrageous scenes" (L.A. Movie Guide), this mother of all teen comedies is "pure fantasy for boys of all ages" (Boxoffice)!
When wealthy pre-school senior Skip (Lowe) learns that his shy new roomate Jonathan (McCarthy) is a total loser at romance, he sends the aspiring young Romero to the city to learn the ropes -- before he ruins both their reputations. But when Jonathan is seduced by a sexy older woman named Ellen (Bisset), he begins a zany, romantic mis-education that stars with a double major in lust and deception -- and ends with the uproarious discovery that not only is Ellen the woman of his dreams...she's also Skip's mom!
Member Reviews
Great 80s gem - look out for all the future stars in this one... - Scopitone
Somehow I missed this movie - and I love 80s movies! It was a pleasant surprise. The clothing is to die for - very 80s east coast prep and the young stars are so handsome (Andrew McCarthy, John Cusack and the guy from Ferris Bueller). They market it as a teen sex comedy but the relationships are really about the friendships between the young men at prep school. There are silly, campy moments but it actually takes a more serious tone towards the end. Good acting by future stars they would become household names as the Brat Pack. Fun 80s atmosphere of music and clothes and good times.Totally classless and never for a moment funny. - Port_Moresby
Ah, the eighties…when being rich and young in the movies came without the slightest helping of irony. Andrew McCarthy (in his film debut) plays a kid from a working class, small-town family who receives a scholarship in his senior year to study at an intense prep school as a way to improve his chances for getting into Harvard. He becomes best friends with his silver-spooner roommate (Rob Lowe), enjoying the wild nights and harmless pranks that the A-list students indulge in, and hoping to find a girl who will make a man out of him. That he gets when he is picked up at a bar by a 40-something beauty (Jacqueline Bisset) and becomes deeply enamored of her until he discovers that she’s actually Lowe’s mom! Although it has a pretty fun plot, the film is never for a moment funny, nor does it indulge enough in the kind of exploitative bawdry ribaldry that Italian sex comedies have been mining for years. It’s a film that tries too hard to have what its title suggests, when what would really sell it would be a stronger commitment to a lack of taste. Look for early career performances by John Cusack, Joan Cusack, Casey Siemaszko, Lolita Davidovich and Virginia Madsen.a whole whack of fun... if you don't read the synopsis! - brevin
The synopsis for this film gives away all of the twists and turns of the plot, so do your best to avoid reading it! Even if you do, it's still a clever and fun movie -- more serious than a lot of Brat Pack fare, this is a good movie for all audiences.
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Great 80s gem - look out for all the future stars in this one... - Scopitone
Somehow I missed this movie - and I love 80s movies! It was a pleasant surprise. The clothing is to die for - very 80s east coast prep and the young stars are so handsome (Andrew McCarthy, John Cusack and the guy from Ferris Bueller). They market it as a teen ...Totally classless and never for a moment funny. - Port_Moresby
Ah, the eighties…when being rich and young in the movies came without the slightest helping of irony. Andrew McCarthy (in his film debut) plays a kid from a working class, small-town family who receives a scholarship in his senior year to study at an intense ...a whole whack of fun... if you don't read the synopsis! - brevin
The synopsis for this film gives away all of the twists and turns of the plot, so do your best to avoid reading it! Even if you do, it's still a clever and fun movie -- more serious than a lot of Brat Pack fare, this is a good movie for all audiences.