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Summary: Summer Classic
Review: The good life. High School. Three friends, one unforgetable year. I learned a lot from this movie...most intersting that the best gift for a girl recovering from an abortion is some oranges and a Christmas Tree. Who could forget Victor's convertable surviving the leap off the cliff, riding right into the ocean in broad daylight with the passion melting from Gary and Rose's lips. Or how about Karin and Rick's love affair in the stadium. Ohhh, Karen looks goood. If Ruby the hooker is reading this please call me; Im fatter than David and hornier than Carmela.
Along with a great soundtrack, anyone would put this on their best of all time list. It's worth every penny, even though my friends and I paid 75 cents for it at a movie shop in Ridgeway. It has a great soundtrack too. Please buy this, I have a date with Carmella.
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Summary: Please, on DVD
Review: I'd like to see this title on DVD; it's one of my favourites teen films. Soundtrack is really great.Again, I'm waiting for a DVD release.
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Summary: Surprisingly good
Review: Okay, you see the title -- The Last American Virgin. Then you see the stars -- names not known for doing quality work (with the exception, perhaps of Steve Antin). The topper -- this is a Cannon film! Though no longer active, Cannon was perhaps the leading schlock studio of the '80s. The Cannon imprint can usually be relied on as an imprint of subpar quality. Therefore, this can't be one of those most honest and revealing portraits of adolescence ever made, can it? Somehow, it is. The plot is familiar. Lawrence Monoson (a talented actor who unfortunately, looks like an actual human being as opposed to a magazine cover and has never had the career he deserves) is an awkward teenager who spends most of his film, along with the standard fat friend and the standard slick friend, trying to find someone -- anyone! -- to deflower him. And while he finds himself confronted with a motely crew of comical possibilities (a nympho with a crazed husband, a disturbingly vulgar hooker that is quite a depature from the usual Hollywood presentation of streetwalkers), he develops a painfully unrequited crush on Diane Franklin (one of my favorite actresses from the '80s who seems to have disappeared) while Franklin has eyes only for Antin. Eventually, all friendships are tested, Monoson proves himself to be a good human being if not a stud, and the film wraps up with a bittersweet, unexpected, but all too logical conclusion that will leave more than one viewer with tears in his eyes. Its that type of movie, despite all appearances to the contrary. The film works because the script, while playing up the stereotypes associated with teen movies, is also filled with perceptive, true-to-life details that brings an edge of reality to the hi-jinks on screen. Sometimes, the film admits, things don't work out the way they should. Its a heartbreaking realization but it will also bring a strange sort of comfort to anyone watching. We've all been through the emotions shown in this film and there's something comforting in the realization. Which shouldn't make you think this film is some sort of low budget therapy session. Its also a very funny comedy. Most importantly, its one of the best acted teen ensemble films I've ever seen. You believed all of these characters and, even with a vainly shallow character like Antin, you don't dislike them. They're all human. As well, this movie has one of the best soundtracks of the early '80s -- something that even people who dislike the film seem to agree on. My personal favorite musical moment is U2 singing "I will follow..." while Monoson desperately tries to raise some money. Its a powerful, poignant moment. (I've also read that this was the first use of U2's music on a film soundtrack though I can't guarantee that truth of that statement.) In the end, a film that everyone should take a chance on.
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Summary: So true...
Review: Saw the last half of this movie many years ago on television and found the situational events pretty cutting in its tone. The film is definitely a guy flick that empathizes with the frustration and pain young males endure who believe that success and happiness comes from scoring with a young female; and failure to score means total incompetence as a male human being. Our young hero Gary, thinks life isn't worth living unless the girl of his desires adores him. Would like to see this film out on DVD. It is the ultimate guy pity film that we can cry into our beers with.
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Summary: I LOVE THIS MOVIE...........
Review: This has to be my favorite 80's comedy movie of all time. These guys are so hilarious and will keep you laughing throughout the entire movie. I still can watch this movie over and over again. It's too bad that it is unavailable to buy. Hopefully it will become available, because a lot of people would enjoy this comical 80's movie.
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Summary: An idiotic, amateurish "comedy"
Review: This film is another example of why Cannon Films tanked! I rented it thinking it would be a light-hearted comedy. Instead, it turned out to be a stupid, unfunny, badly acted waste of time! The central character is an idiot brat named Gary who looks like he's ready to cry every time he's on screen! He falls for an equally stupid girl named Karen (who is actually in love with another guy...surprise!). She later loses her virginity to this other guy and gets pregnant. Gary helps her get an abortion and they fall in love. Later this [she] cheats on him. The remainder of the film is nothing more than dumb teenage antics involving Gary, this other guy, and a real fat fellow stooge trying to lose their virginities (it may sound humorous, but it never is).
Why give away so much plot? It's a tired formula; you've all see it in other teen-angst films and shows (done much better I'm sure). This [bad movie] is so stupid and badly made, it's not worth anyone's time! I wish I never saw it!
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Summary: I AM STILL ADDICTED AFTER ALL THESE YEARS!
Review: I watched this movie the first time when I was 19. I am 30 now and I am STILL trying to get my hands on a REASONABLY priced copy. This movie is as good as it gets. The soundtrack, the cast, the plot...it all worked together to create one of the most controversial (for 1980's standards) but thought-provoking, entertaining, and interesting films ever produced about teen-life. If the fact that I am ALWAYS on a quest to purchase this movie is any indication of this films greatness...you can see why I gave it a FIVE STAR rating. By the way, if anyone finds that rare location that has this movie in stock for rental, let me know...
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Summary: An unknown classic
Review: The Last American Virgin. This was the film that got buried by Fast Times at Ridgemont High. I saw this one the other night for the first time in years. Too bad it isn't available because it's a classic. From Israeli director Boaz Davidson, this almost unknown film follows the adventures of young Gary (Lawrence Monoson of Friday the 13th IV) as he and his friends navigate the precarious minefield of adolescence. Of course this is the film we all remember for its surprisingly sad, but structurally honest, ending. Coming-of-age flicks tend to be rather two-dimensional - even today, as it seems most "teen films" are trying to be the next Porkey's (American Pie). But Last American Virgin injected a heavy dose of realism into its story putting it near the top of the crop. Here's to hoping this get's re-released someday....
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Summary: Why so expensive?
Review: Ok, this movie its OOP, but, anyway, why is so expensive??? more than $70 usd for this movie its a lot, because you can see it in TV uncensored version. Nice Movie, a clasic fun movie of 80's
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Summary: A great caricature of 80s teen angst
Review: LAV's darkly comic overtones and well-matched score (includes The Tempatations, REO Speedwagon, and Devo) helps it escape from becoming another formulaic 80s teen movie. Although the politically correct may cringe at some of the raunchy and insensitive humor, I personally think that this over-the-top element gives LAV its uniqueness. The acting is pleasingly predictable, and the characters are solid cliches. But this acts in favor of the movie, as it delivers exactly what one craves from one of these films: raunchy laughs, cheesy angst, and painfully bad fashions.
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