Class

R

Released Jul 22, 1983

1h 38m

Comedy

Drama

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29%

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14 Reviews

49%

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5,000+ Ratings

Naive Midwestern prep student Jonathan (Andrew McCarthy) bonds with his more worldly roommate, Skip (Rob Lowe), who takes the small-town boy under his wing. At Skip's urging, the inexperienced Jonathan is emboldened to seek out older women in the cocktail lounges of nearby Chicago, where he meets and beds the alluring Ellen (Jacqueline Bisset), who unfortunately turns out to be Skip's mother. The division between the friends is further deepened when a cheating scandal engulfs the school.

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Jonathan F. Richards

Film.com

Director Laurent Cantet has pulled together a story that feels startlingly authentic, using Mike Leigh-like methods of extensive improvisation with a cast of real inner-city kids and a real teacher. To paraphrase the Buck Owens/Beatles hit, all they had

Jun 13, 2009

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Class is a prep-school retread of The Graduate that knows some of its scenes are funny and some are serious, but never figures out quite how they should go together.

Rated: 2/4

Oct 23, 2004

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Nell Minow

Movie Mom

Rated: 2/5

Sep 3, 2004

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

The result is a rather wishy-washy prep school version of The Graduate, but the comparison is merely a pale echo, trapped inside a banal resolution with troubling misogynist tendencies.

Rated: 2.5/5

Oct 9, 2020

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

...the movie benefits from the affable work of its various performers.

Rated: 3/4

Mar 21, 2020

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 2/5

Jul 22, 2005

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Cees T

7/10 - Better than Risky Business.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/16/24

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Audience Member

While elements of the plot & dialogue haven’t aged well, much of the comedy & drama surrounding McCarthy & Lowe’s friendship, as well as McCarthy & Bisset’s romance, feels sincere, credible, & even endearing. Many familiar faces here. #nitrosMovieChallenge

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/26/22

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david f

This Eighties film about two college roommates from different classes where one ends up bedding the other's mother is actually better than you might think it would be. Classic Rob Lowe and Andrew McCarthy.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

This movie generally got bad reviews but I've always really liked it. I think Rob Lowe and Andrew McCarthy, Andrew in particular an actor I have never really liked all that much, have very good chemisty in this movie, and they both do an excellent job. Their fight near the end is one of the best fight scenes I've ever seen on film. It has a realness to it that makes it seem out of control and genuine. I think the sex scenes are also pretty good and steamy as all hell as well as sweet. Much better than the crap today. It's not a perfect movie, but it's fun, well acted and serious at times. Plus it has a lot of young actors who later became pretty big some you may or may not recognize. One of my favorite 80s flicks.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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Rich S

Class is a great primer for what practical jokes not to play on your roommate. It's also a lesson that sometimes the best joke to put over on your roommate is the one you didn't know you were playing. The watch-ability is still there because of the debuts of a few popular actors. The low points are many as director Lewis John Carlino handles the serious themes with the same farrier's hand that he handled the pranks.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

06/27/20

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dave j

Jonathan Ogner (Andrew McCarthy) is a freshman for an ivy prep school, and immediately becomes Skip(rob Lowe)roommate. Unbeknownst that the woman his new roommate had finally scored with happens to be Skip's mother, Ellen( Jacqueline Bisset )

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Class: Official Clip - Your Dead Roommate

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Class: Official Clip - Nice to Meet You, Mrs. Burroughs

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Class: Official Clip - The Stolen SAT Tests

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Class: Official Clip - The Guy in Women's Underwear

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Class: Official Clip - Skip Punches Jonathan

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Class: Official Clip - Room Service Surprise

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Class: Official Clip - Jesus Is My Roommate

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Class: Official Clip - Instant Margarita

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Synopsis

Naive Midwestern prep student Jonathan (Andrew McCarthy) bonds with his more worldly roommate, Skip (Rob Lowe), who takes the small-town boy under his wing. At Skip's urging, the inexperienced Jonathan is emboldened to seek out older women in the cocktail lounges of nearby Chicago, where he meets and beds the alluring Ellen (Jacqueline Bisset), who unfortunately turns out to be Skip's mother. The division between the friends is further deepened when a cheating scandal engulfs the school.

Director: Lewis John Carlino
Producer: Martin Ransohoff
Screenwriter: Jim Kouf, David Greenwalt
Distributor: Orion Pictures
Production Co: Orion Pictures
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 22, 1983, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 4, 2017
Runtime: 1h 38m

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