The Chicken Chronicles

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John B Jan 13 One of the best coming-of-age movies. Steve Guttenberg leading man break-out. The soundtrack rocks too. And who can beat scene-stealing Phil Silvers as the chicken restaurant proprietor... See more 09/06/2010 This movie is a sort of pre-cursor to the 80s teen comedies, and it's a very fun and humorous movie. It's not great, but I enjoyed it. See more 08/18/2009 This was a cute and funny movie. See more 02/12/2009 Pre-Fast Times At Rigdemont High. See more 06/16/2008 My absolute fav SGuttenberg flick. So good, so funny. See more 01/15/2008 [url="http://bp0.blogger.com/_tLercVPgzNQ/Ry5tRpA-5gI/AAAAAAAAAG8/89CHPCS2uns/s1600-h/chickenchronicles.jpg"][img]http://bp0.blogger.com/_tLercVPgzNQ/Ry5tRpA-5gI/AAAAAAAAAG8/89CHPCS2uns/s320/chickenchronicles.jpg[/img][/url][font=Courier New]Before [i]Porky's[/i] was a huge success and the 1980's were full of teenage sex comedies, there was 1977's [i]The Chicken Chronicles.[/i] Steve Guttenberg stars in his first major role; right from the start you can see some of the charisma that made him a major star for much of the 80's.[/font] [font=Courier New]The film pretty much set the standard for the teen-sex comedy plot. It's about a virgin trying to lose it with one of the hottest girls in school. It's fairly tame compared to the films that followed; with minimal swearing and no nudity, but they aren't shy about the use of marijuana. You could probably call it one of the first pot comedies as well; it proceeded [i]Up In Smoke[/i] by a year. [/font] [font=Courier New][/font] [font=Courier New]The film is fairly funny, nothing gut busting; but of course I've seen most of these jokes a thousand times, it probably felt fresh at the time. Guttenberg does a good job carrying the film, he's in almost every scene. His buddy played by Branscombe Richmond, is good as his partner-in-crime. But Gino Baffo, who was only in three films in his career, steals the show as his wise-ass little brother. The film climaxes at the big end of the school year party, and Guttenberg of course ends up with the "plain looking" girl that he's been friends with throughout the film. [/font] See more Read all reviews

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