This movie is notable for one reason - at least to me. It stars Michael J. Fox and Nancy McKeon. Those were also the leads in my favorite camp movie, Poison Ivy. Some kind person has uploaded the whole movie on youtube.
Aside from the two leads, there are plenty of familiar faces in the movie, in particular, Anthony Edwards, who starred in Revenge of the Nerds as Gilbert, as well as a young Crispin Glover. Glover delivers a remarkably strange performance. It’s hard to explain it, but even the least interesting lines come out in the least expected way.
The main story isn’t that interesting. The fun of it is in the weird subplots - like a robot that the local genius (interestingly, played by a black guy) has built. There is a pair of girls looking to take a picture of the popular guy’s butt.
The best thing about this movie is how ridiculously far the dialogue goes. While Anthony Edwards starts off cocky and unlikable, he gets worse and worse as the movie progresses. His last couple stretches of dialogue are really out there.
There’s something I like about this movie, but it’s hard for me to put my finger on it. I wouldn’t be interested in owning this one, but I might like it as a double-disc with Poison Ivy. Of course, that would require Poison Ivy getting a release outside of VHS.
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