Well, after seeing 4 or 5 other high school comedy-dramas, I found this one to be the worst of the lot... Not that it's a bad movie, it's just bland, particularly compared to the others I've seen--American Graffiti, Dazed & Confused, Sixteen Candles, American Pie, Clueless (by the same director as this film), and a few others. The themes covered in this movie are just like the other ones, the main one being the discovery of "true love" as more important and more worthwhile than sex. The characters seemed pretty uninteresting compared to the hilarious caricatures populating "The Breakfast Club" or the more emotionally complex characters from "Dazed & Confused" and "Clueless." For me, Sean Penn and Judge Reinhold were the only really hilarious people in the film, and I never really got emotionally attached to anyone.
The only thing I really valued about the film was the fact that a bunch of famous 80's actors are in it, and it's an interesting look at the culture of the time period. Other than that, it was pretty boring for me. Maybe it's just because the more recent high school movies I mentioned have used this movie as a template, copied from it and improved on it to the point that the original just feels generic.
The only thing I really valued about the film was the fact that a bunch of famous 80's actors are in it, and it's an interesting look at the culture of the time period. Other than that, it was pretty boring for me. Maybe it's just because the more recent high school movies I mentioned have used this movie as a template, copied from it and improved on it to the point that the original just feels generic.