Look, Rashomon this isn't, but ...
... Fast Times is certainly the quintessential teen comedy of its day,
though I stop a bit short of making the common generational mistake of proclaiming its virtues paramount over every teen comedy made since; no doubt the teen comedies of each generation speak to that generation and are largely lost on the others. What separates this from the others, IMHO, is its treatment of sexuality. The scene in which Jennifer Jason Leigh's character loses her virginity should be required viewing for teens, nudity or no, because teen sex can be *exactly* that awkward, abrupt and unfulfilling (and apparently JJL insisted on filming it exactly that way and exactly that explicitly for exactly those reasons); it's worth a hundred abstinence lectures from smarmy middle-aged moralists. It's a funny movie, but it's also an honest and a true one. 7/10.. beardedsquare watch RoboCop: Prime Directives movie
this movie is awesome
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b.o.b. watch Never Forget movie
it was a very good movie
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Fast Times At Ridgemont High
Fast Times At Ridgemont High.
kaye_yan_panopio watch Dudley Do-Right movie
it is a good movie.
boonnum watch Paintball movie
This movie would be worthless if not for Phoebe Cates. .
vannala1
and are helped along by their older classmates, Linda Barrett and Mike Damone.
joshua6jr
Awesome movie! Spicoli is the best.
wwhitener
This is one of my favorite teen movies. I never get old of the characters, the music, or the storyline. It is always good for a laugh..
olson09
this is a great and funny movie definitly worth watching
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jh8889
classis summer fun movie.
Any Comparison To "American Pie" Gives Pause
I've been listening to an inordinate number of people attempting to
favorably compare the God-awful, juvenile "American Pie" to "Fast Times" for awhile now. Which is of course, an insult to the seminal latter [no pun intended]. I just watched "Fast Times" again yesterday, for probably the 20th or so time, and it still soars above anything even John Hughes did while he was semi-hip. And if a single actor from "Pie" EVER achieves the success of Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Forest Whitaker, Eric Stoltz, Anthony Edwards or even Phoebe Cates, feel free to mail-bomb me. Wow ~ and nary a toilet joke! This one's the masterpiece of the genre.. |
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