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Trevor G. @tlgor1 Apr 18, 2026 Love this movie. Duckie needed the win after Pretty in Pink. Cryer has been terribly underrated over the years. I love the way they made movies in the 80s See more Craig C @RT83755998 Apr 12, 2026 Good movies always get compared to ‘better’ movies, and that diminishes their true cinematic value. I liked this movie in the 80’s and it works today because of Cryer and Coogan. When they are in scenes together, they play well off each other…it feels like natural script improv. You believe their characters and you believe their life situations. Although, the director asks a lot of his characters to carry a plot with infinite holes. How do you reconcile this? Enter the lovely Annabeth Gish. She’s the quintessential late 80’s girl next door. It doesn’t take much effort to care about these characters. The skating rink is pure gold, and the ‘my life is worse than yours’ scene with Coogan and Cryer is a perfect example of how those two deserved another movie together- with a better story to work from. It’s a good movie when you don’t need a great movie to transport you. See more Aye E @RT43717499 Apr 8, 2026 This isn't peak cinema but it's a really solid comedy, with a touch of drama and action. It doesn't hit all of the beats perfectly, but John Cryer and Annabeth Gish plus the supporting cast make this a grounded and really enjoyable world to visit. It's not a deep revisiting of the high school experience, but actually seems more realistic in the way the main character exists in the space as an adult finding a comfortable place to lay low. I appreciate that he doesn't have any illusions that he's reliving his youth, other than maybe the love interest. I wish they had made his character just a few years younger so the age-gap was a little less drastic. But doesn't come off as creepy, he wasn't actively pursuing high school girls, and he appreciates the age difference, however he does allow the connection to happen. Overall one that has stayed in my memory and I've loved to rewatch since 1987. Bonus: it introduced me to Roy Orbison. See more Jason H @RT50328122 Aug 18, 2025 Great performances by Jon Cryer and Annabeth Gish. This movie requires a lot of suspension of disbelief. See more J H @RT24634690 May 9, 2025 I saw this opening weekend. The "Class President" subplot is pretty dumb (Senior Class President is always elected at the end of the Junior year), but it's an entertaining movie with a great performance by Jon Cryer. Plus, how can you not like a movie where a guy takes a girl to see Evil Dead 2 on a date? See more Steve D @RT35616104 Sep 1, 2023 It works surprisingly well all things considered. See more Read all reviews

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