Jeff M
Chachi develops telekinesis and spends his time ripping clothes off of teenage girls. Wow, this one is rough - a surefire contender for one of the worst of its decade! Not sure what the 10 year old me ever saw in this besides the general conceit of controlling things with your mind. The performances are not even LOVE BOAT level, with one particular performance by Mews Small as Baio's mom that has to be one of the worst things I've ever seen in my life. The song score is wretched and gives a bad name to 80s music. Take out the nudity and you have a WAY below average TV movie that wouldn't even deserve to air after a Ron Popeill Pasta Maker infomercial. Today I am giving thanks that Baio never pursued, or maybe was never given an opportunity to pursue, a feature film career. He could have single handedly ruined film acting for hundreds of years to come. I am giving this one half of a star just because of some of the recognizable faces that pop up which came very close to making me slightly grin. If you have a desire to see this, I'd recommend taking a toothbrush to your bathtub grout instead.
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Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars
02/04/24
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Jim H
If you're looking a movie that brings you back to the late 70s early 80s this is a great comedy for you to watch. The crazy comedies of the 80s with there silly antics and all the fun that came with being a teenager back then this movie has it. So if you're in the mood for a big hair great songs and bright clothes this is your movie.
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
01/13/24
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euler n
Not as bad as people are saying. I have been watching a lot of 80's high school comedies, and this is one of the funniest. Mind you, that's not exactly a great film, but it has a good mood, people are fun, the situations are not very different for what immature teens would do with their mates, with few exceptions. Of course, it is a little bit politically incorrect, but there is no humiliations because of skin color, body type or sexuality. No, there is not nudity only from women, sometimes men are nude too (but we can remember that all movies from the 80's have more female nudity than male nudity). The actors are nice. The soundtrack is generic, but pleasing pop-rock. If you are just looking for an 80's teen comedy, that's a good choice. A lot of clichés, dumb story, high school, baseball, cheerleaders, flirt, prom, boobs, light fun, but if this is what you want, it's all here.
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars
03/31/23
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This movie caught my adolescent eye back in the day, like most other ‘80s teen comedies, because of the flesh factor the trailer suggested. I never got around to sneaking in to see this one, and only finally watched it some 38 years later!
Featuring a cast drawn from the popular TV sitcoms of the time, this one seemed to have comic potential, but is rarely funny, seen from an ‘80s perspective or from today. Scott Baio is a high school student who doesn't seem to attend any classes at all, but simply works unsupervised in the school chemistry lab all day. He's got after-hours access to the lab and can even lock the principal out with no repercussions. When two liquids accidentally get mixed together in the lab, suddenly he and his lab mice have telekinetic powers.
Is main character Baio supposed to be the good guy or the bad guy? We can never tell. There is the cliched older, wealthy, jock-type COLLEGE student who's dating a high school girl and is always a jerk to the other high school kids. But Baio is the biggest jerk of all. He uses his powers to do things to people who really haven't "earned" it. He somehow manages to land a girlfriend despite this, a nice, smart girl who is one of the only likeable and "normal" characters in the movie.
The climactic prom scene, where Baio uses his power to make attendees' clothes disappear, delivers the requisite nudity of the genre (female, anyway), but is very problematic. His girlfriend is there, and when the clothes start vanishing, she's laughing right alongside him throughout, which feels completely inconsistent with her character. (I don't picture a lot of girlfriends in general laughing along while their boyfriends strip a bunch of terrified women.) What makes it even worse is this isn't one of those "I'm getting revenge at the snobby kids who've always teased me" scenarios that might be cathartic in other ‘80s teen movies. He's doing this to EVERYONE in attendance BECAUSE HE CAN. Like I said, a jerk. We can't sympathize with him, because despite having weird parents, his life's not that bad. We can't envy him, because he totally misuses his power and never comes around to seeing that it's wrong.
It was fun to watch, but purely for nostalgia's sake, and to satisfy my teenage curiosity. Rarely funny. Poor, exaggerated acting. Zero script. Dated effects. Overall, I've seen better and I've seen worse ‘80s teen flicks.
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Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars
01/24/23
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Funnier rather given credit. Felice was hot.
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Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars
02/17/23
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uncle p
Story/Screenplay: (3.5/5) Doesn't pretend to be serious. Fun and at times funny. Probably best for younger males due to its lack of depth or intimacy.
Duration/Tempo: (4/5) At 1 hour and 38 minutes, it's a short movie that felt shorter.
Cast & Crew: (4/5) Scott Baio, Willie Aames, Felice Schachter, and Heather Thomas were all very good. Scatman Crothers was a great addition to what otherwise would have been a teen dominated film.
Summary: (4/5) The story and cast were good and the film felt short. A thumbs up.
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
03/31/23
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