This movie feels like a strange mashup of other teen summer movies. We get a boat race, raising money to save someone's house, and crashing the rich kid's party. This movie is noteworthy because of the cast - we have John Cusack and Demi Moore. Then we have a bunch of others - Bobcat Goldthwait, Curtis Armstrong, Joe Flaherty. Plus a few more familiar faces.
It's really very family-friendly for a teen comedy. It's rated PG, I don't think there was any nudity. The jokes are mostly very clean. This isn't bad… it just doesn't feel like it should. Bobcat is really strange. I don't understand his appeal. He says "Thank you very much" a whole lot.
There are a few inspired gags. One of them involves Bobcat getting stuck in a Godzilla Costume, and wrecking a party.
The other gag is really creepy.
Two girls are warned that if they make faces, and someone hits them on their back, they'll stay like that. This happens. And the two girls with creepy faces return a few times throughout the movie.
Overall, this reminded me a lot of Better Off Dead, which I enjoyed, but it didn't work for me the way it does for others.
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