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Summary: a great soundtrack cannot substitute for a script
Review: The best I can say about this movie is that it is wildly uneven. On one hand, "The Last American Virgin" gets so many things right about the (male) teenage experience. Obviously the preoccupation with sex and virginity take center stage, but also the lame attempts at looking cool in front of girls and the hopelessly misguided pining/brooding when someone else gets the girl are right on the mark. By way of example, compare this to films like John Hughes' "Pretty in Pink", where the character Duckie engages in pretty much the same futile behaviors. In that film, Duckie's actions are romanticized, glorified, and heck, he's practically canonized by Hughes. In this film however, these actions are portrayed with brutal honesty and they appear just as they do in real life--awkward and lame. And just as in real life, Gary doesn't end up with the girl because of them. The much-discussed ending is painfully honest. Unlike Hollywood, guys like Gary generally do not end up with the beautiful girl. On the other hand, the movie's negatives are almost to numerous to list, but here's a few: The many "Porky's" type antics are simply not very funny (rather problematic considering it is a comedy). The acting is at times horrible (making puppy dog eyes and jutting out your lower lip every other scene is not typically considered acting). Many of the situations are ridiculously contrived (the pizza delivery to a nymphomaniac, the late grandmother's vacant house conveniently available as a love shack / post-abortion care facility). But the worst thing about the movie is the abuse of the otherwise excellent soundtrack in lieu of a script. We've all seen the hackneyed music montage scene where a great song plays over a whirlwind of events to show bonding, passsage of time, etc. It's always a cheap and easy trick to avoid writing an otherwise difficult bit of dialogue. Well here, it's not so much the music montage scene, but an outright substitution of script writing with song lyrics. How many times do we really need to see Gary driving around doe-eyed, lower-lip trembling while in the background Quincy Jones (or is it James Ingram) blares "I did my best, but i guess my best wasn't good enough..." ? All in all, the movie is worth seeing. There are quite a few shortcomings, but it does feel more like real life than anything of the "Breakfast Club" variety of teenage films.
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Summary: Good Movie
Review: My Best memories about this movies is when Gary driving his car he sees Karen walking and the song "Keep On Loving You" by REO starts to play, another one when Gary is having a hard time taking the girl's bra off so he has to use a scissor to do it,the hot spanish blonde, this one I will never forget when Gary and his friends are doing a final school exam and suddenly all three of them starts to scratch real hard but the final scene when Gary is driving home crying and the song "Just Once by James Ingram" starts to play!... it almost made me cry!.. Please release this movie on DVD!... or a VHS copy for a reasonable price!.. This movie is the best memories of my 80's life!... I watched this movie for the first time in 1986, and till this day it's the one that made me laugh most!...
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Summary: a very good put together film
Review: i just had to buy this one on dvd. this is a movie that starts out as a comedy and ends up as a complete tear jerker. but what a great movie. the songs went great with this movie especially the song OH NO by the commodores. a lot of times the song is also what makes the movie a good movie. ESPECIALLY IN A LOVE SCENE.
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Summary: A stunningly brutal ending to a teenage love triangle
Review: In the first film class I ever taught I screened "The Last American Virgin" and learned the valuable lesson that showing a movie that inflames viewers is always going to be productive to class discussion. What my students found so offensive was the idea that there were boys in this country that were taking girls to see this film. That was probably a bit far fetched simply because this 1982 film would be one of the worst date movies ever made; watch this film and imagine that you are a sixteen year old girl on a date seeing this film and think about what thoughts about boys in general it inspires. That is not to say that this film written and directed by Boaz Davidson is not without value. The story starts off as another one of those films where three friends, nice guy Gary (Lawrence Monoson), study Rick (Steve Antin), and fat guy David (Joe Rubbo) are interesting in having sex. Towards this end they pick up some girls with promises of cocaine (it is really Sweet 'n' Low), visit an overly amorous woman whose boyfriend comes home early, and finally go to a prostitute who gives them venereal disease. What I found fascinating about this film was what "lessons" it taught its viewers; for example, did you know that "crabs" can be cured by the chlorine in a swimming pool? But then the film turns out to be about a love triangle. Gary loves Karen (Diane Franklin), pure and chaste from afar. Of course, Karen only has eyes for Rick. That is until she discovers she is pregnant and Rick dumps her. That is when "The Last American Virgin" becomes an unforgettable adolescent horror story and offers one of the most brutal endings you have ever seen in a teenager sex flick. This particular plot line will remind you of one of the plots in "Fast Time at Ridgemont High," but Davidson is not going for anything remotely like a happy ending, even short term. My only serious complaint with this film is that the comic excesses of the first two-thirds of the film make the ending seem like a radical shift (although in terms of qualitative form it certainly sets up the ending for ultimate shock value). The ends may well justify the means, but as much as I admire the brutal honesty of the film's conclusion I still find the transition a bit jarring. "The Last American Virgin" is an unforgettable film in an often forgettable genre of American cinema.
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Summary: Very effective film for 17 year olds.
Review: Rated "R". Fine soundtrack. Three young high school boys are trying to make it with girls. Gary (Lawrence Monoson) is still a virgin. Just hasn't fell in love yet. He has a heart. David (Joe Rubbo) is a virgin and overweight. Rick (Steve Antin) is the stud. Rick gets to score, but not Gary and Steve yet. This film is really about Gary. it's like love at first sight for him. Gary falls for Karen (Diane franklin). Does things to help her like drive her to school, so she won't be late. But at a party later, Karen is Rick's date. Everyone knows how aggresive Rick is. It bothers gary to see Rick making the moves on karen, the girl he likes. Gary drinking Jack Daniel's doesn't help the situation either. Still friends, gary, David and Rick still pal around together through gary's quest to finally do it just once. Many funny hi-jinxes happen along the way (similar to "Porky's " films). Then the movie takes a dark turn and becomes serious. I was young when i saw this film and the ending tore me up. I was crying. Something got to me and the message of this film was point well taken. This film is a comedy but, boy, it tells real-life. Some boys are like the character "Rick". But some boys are like "Gary". yes Gary is sensitive and has a heart but most "Rick's" don't. Gary is a man. My opinion: Losing one's virginity is something that should not be forced. To wait until your wedding day or the age of 18 would be something more special and more private that way. "Gary" had the right feelings. He did the right thing as a friend. But his feelings went overboard a bit. However, Karen and Rick were definately in the wrong. Not grown up at all. Note: If you would like to see Steve Antin, in character, get his up-comings, they get him good in The Goonies (1985). The song is, "Just Once" by Quincy Jones. DVD offers no bonuses or extras. Standard and Widescreen available on one disc.
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Summary: Greatest Eighties Movie
Review: Just finished watching this movie for the first time in years... still love it. Diane Franklin is beautiful.
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Summary: Not a good movie, but worth watching!
Review: I remember being a kid in the 80's and knowing that this movie was coming on late on HBO or some cable channel, me and my little sis would get excited! We loved it at the time. It was on the other night on HBO again, and now being an adult, I realize how lame the whole movie really is. BUT, it brought back so many memories and that's always a great feeling. I also think that the soundtrack is awesome, especially The Cars 'Since your gone'!
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Summary: Awful and illconceived but great for unintentional laughs
Review: Ok- one of my best friends and i love to talk about the abomination to cinema known as the last american virgin. im obsessed with 80s movies having grown up in the era and felt the need to see this seeing as how it was the only one i hadn't seen. well, i had a weird feeling afterwards and made my good friend see it. the look on his face during every scene was worth having to see it again. this film is so ridiculously ill conceived, poorly executed, badly written and acted that it is a RIOT to watch esp if you are a film geek and buff. lets just start with the story- it doesnt know which movie it wants to copy. the shinanigans are ridiculous and there is no sense of fun imparted into them. during what is supposed to be a :hilarious" teenage part, you're sitting there going, "am i the only one who feels like i'm in a bergman film?" the pace is slow, there is no sense of heart, you don't know any of these characters (except one of them seems DESTINED to go into porn) and when the "twisty" ending occurs, you want to scream at the TV- this guy is only slightly less odious than the others and we're supposed to root for him? why? b/c the movie has given us so much reason to know and care? the characters do things that don't even make sense in a fictional world and the film spends way too much time with the nonsense and not enough with the characters. there is a nasty feeling you get once this film is over- skankiness. pure skankiness. and the part with the big kid supposedly falling into a pool and then having vaseline all over his face to impart "wetness" is HILARIOUS. i defy you not to laugh. we have this tendency to start reciting lines from this film at any given moment and reminiscning about the worst part of the movie: the TRAILER. its nothing but an advertisement for the songs used in the film. songs that are used and ABUSED, mind you. they take good songs, bring them in with bad cues, repeat them over and over at random times and when its done you're like, 'god that was a great police song. now i can never listen to it again'. why was the same DEVO song played 89 times? did they only get licensing for 5 songs and feel the need to play them over and over for "hip" appeal? what was going on here? who green-lighted this casting? the acting is ATROCIOUS, there is a nasty feeling that pervades the production and the pacing is painful. HOWEVER- i get a ton of enjoyment out of this film so i have to reccommend it in some strange way. its so bad, its fun. and for all film geeks/buffs/students out there, check it out. check out that scene when Rick goes to have sex with the poorly wigged Latina woman and look at the poor edit as the door closes. its one of our favorites. this movie is a great example of multiple people not paying any attention to what they were doing.
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Summary: Defined 80's/ Teen Angst
Review: This movie pretty much solitifies the saying nice guys finish last as in Gary's story. Gary is the typical nice guy with the best friend who gets all the girls. Sounds like high school. The film is very entertaining about three horny high school guys trying to get action. Gary the nice sucker for romance who falls for the new girl in school Karen. But womanizer popular Rick gets a hold of her first and of course the fat kid who gets Rick's left over girls. Basically Gary does everything to try and win the affections of her and helps her out but she ends up going back to the sleezy Rick in the end. I remeber watching this movie as a kid loving the music great soundtrack. Entertaining, humorous, & defining movie of the 80's pre John Hughes teen angst film I recommend seeing at least once. One of my favorite 80's movies.
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Summary: Starts cheesy then it strikes your heart
Review: This movie is a cheap yet entertaining look at three guys on the hunt for sex.
I don't feel there's any real friendship between the three just three guys getting entertained by each other.
The only character who shows he has any humanity or heart is Gary who of course is the blind sucker for bad love.
His so called friend who gets the girl he likes from the start just uses this girl for sex then when she gets pregnant he wants nothing to do with her.
Ice cold if i must say so...
There are certainly some fun scenes to counteract the downside like when Gary delivers pizza to this incredibly sizzlin' latin older lady who has the hots for young boys.
This leads to a hilarious scene where Gary brings his two friends to this latin hot mama's house and some craziness takes place complemented by this latin lady's smokin' strip down.
Other hilarious scenes include the end result to our three juveniles after a very unpleasant rendezvous with a hooker.
This movie has all the usual ingredients of a kids coming of age flick from the partying to the barfing to the hot ladies but beyond all that it has a sincere heart.
"The last american virgin" shows how love can hurt and how being naive can lead to that heartbreak.
Sometimes it just doesn't pay to do good....
We all have been there....
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