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Summary: Poor Gary!!
Review: Great 80's movie! Many males or females can relate to this movie.
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Summary: Do nice guys always finish last?
Review: Nice guy Gary (Lawrence Monoson) is having trouble getting the attention of the pretty new girl in school (Diane Franklin). Trouble is, she likes his studly friend Rick (Steve Antin), who basically treats her like dirt. Story basically follows Gary and Rick and tubby friend David (Joe Rubbo) on their sexual misadventures, which basically gets them nowhere quick. Despite all the sexual innuendo and cruelty in the story, Gary's teenage angst will surely bring back memories for many male viewers. Great early '80's soundtrack. In light of "Porky's" and "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" and all the other teen genre films of the early '80's this is an overlooked item, but a good one. Good cast and believeable acting increase the appeal here.
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Summary: the last american virgin
Review: i think this is a great movie. i have looked for it at video stores and no one has it. i would really love to own it. this is a funny and a sad movie.i think it is one of the best movies ever.
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Summary: Awesome
Review: Its really good movie,I highly recommended it for all ....
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Summary: Memorable Teen Comedy/Drama...
Review: This film predates the recent flood of brainless teen comedies by almost twenty years, yet it remains one of the best examples of the genre.
The film relates the story of three friends embarking on a quest to get laid. Along the way, Gary (Lawrence Monoson), falls in love with a pretty new student, Karen (Diane Franklin). Unfortunately, Gary's affections are not returned and to further complicate matters Karen begins dating Gary's best friend, a shallow and macho womanizer. When Karen gets pregnant, Gary comes to the rescue hoping to win Karen's heart.
What separates this film from the other teen comedies is substance. The film alternates between hilarious comedy and emotional drama in the last thirty minutes making for a truly unique film. The comedy bits are very memorable including a rendez vous with a nymphomaniac, salsa dancing latina and Gary's encounter with an overweight young lady whose bra will just not co-operate. Unlike many comparable films the acting is top notch also, Monoson and Franklin are terrific in particular. Interestingly enough both would work in the horror genre, Monoson in the forgettable Friday The 13th IV: the Final Chapter and Franklin in Amityville II: The Possession. The film is fueled by a great eighties soundtrack featuring diverse artists like Tommy Tutone, U2, Devo and REO Speedwagon.
Though the DVD is very bare bones, the picture quality is fantastic and the audio is acceptable too. A theatrical trailer is included. Based on an Israeli film I have never heard of, The Last American Virgin is highly recommended to those searching for a good, raunchy laugh.
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Summary: the last american virgin
Review: One of the best classic 80's movies ever made, it's in the ranks of Fast Times at Ridgemont High and The Breakfast Club, I saw it when it was first released, awsome soundtrack, It's about time it was out on dvd, just a shame it's not in 5.1, but it's worth every penny you pay to add it to your collection!
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Summary: Last American Virgin, The
Review: Great movie. Have been searching for this for a long time. Glad I finally found it.
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Summary: Why Nice guys finish last.....
Review: Boaz Davidson's The Last American Virgin is more than a teen sex comedy. In actuality it's a far more intelligent and complex film than people give it credit for.
TLAV is actually the tragic character study of "Nice Guy" Gary (Lawrence Monsoon) and his road to ruin in romance. There's a reason why "Nice Guys finish last" and this movie shows us why. In the first few scenes of the film we see where Gary makes his biggest mistake. At the restaurant where Karen and Rose buy the ice cream, Gary blows the opportunity to make his move. It was then that he should have introduced himself and started a conversation with Karen.
Gary's "Nice Guy" approach costs him other opportunities as well. Later on his friends David and Rick hook up with some ladies and party at Gary's house. While the confident David and Rick score easy, Gary's insecurity and passivity leave him with the ugly fat girl. Davidson smartly uses the ugly fat girl as a metaphor for the types of women "Nice Guys" wind up with, ugly on the inside, difficult on the outside and the lowest forms of life overall. More tragic romantic turns will come for Gary because he's so insecure.
Gary continues to blow it with Karen. At the cafeteria, He sees Karen, but instead of making a move, he blows it again by asking David to get the information on her. WRONG! That was another opportunity for HIM to make a move. Insecure about his feelings, Gary then decides to use passive aggressive tactics to approach Karen, deflating her moped and offering her a ride. In the car he makes fun of her name instead of talking to her. MISTAKE! When Gary asks Karen timidly if she has a girlfriend, Karen says no, even though she admits to seeing Rick at David's party. To a normal guy that would have been a RED FLAG! At the Party Gary runs into Rose, another ugly woman attracted to him.
Delivering Pizzas Gary a customer makes a move on him, but instead of scoring, he invites David and Rick over. The customer is also ugly and old, another metaphor for lowlife women being attracted to Nice guys. Gary's passive insecurity costs him another opportunity while confident David and Rick score easily. While it's funny that David gets beat up by the husband, the main point is that Gary missed another opportunity at sex.
When Rick and Karen's relationship intensifies, Gary plays passive aggressive again refusing to give Rick the key to his grandmother's house. When Rick calls Gary on his insecurity Gary tells his friends he's been seeing a Redhead. This prostitute is ugly, old, and nasty, the lowest of the lowlife women Gary experiences. This is one of the best scenes in the movie as the prostitute verbally brutalizes him and his friends. The boys get a venereal disease from the hooker as a result of trusting Gary.
After curing the VD, Rick and Karen get intimate. Gary finds out and can't take it. Soon after Rick dumps Karen finding out she's pregnant. Gary goes into full "Nice Guy" mode promising to take care of her. Over Christmas vacation he takes her up to his grandmother's house, spends all his money getting her an abortion and taking care of her even though she didn't ask him to. Passive-aggressive Gary assumes Karen will be his girl because of what HE did, but doesn't hear Karen when she clearly uses the word FRIEND regarding him. Gary goes off in his own dream world buying her a pendant to give her at the birthday party. When he sees her at the party kissing Rick, the brokenhearted Gary is devastated driving off with tears in his eyes and we realize why nice guys finish last.
Looking past the pitiful attempts at comedy, Davidson's film brilliantly shows us why nice guys finish last. Lawrence Monsoon gives a powerful performance capturing Gary's insecurity and passive aggressiveness perfectly. Steve Antin and Diane Franklin are compelling. The soundtrack of 80's classics makes a good movie even better. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Don't hesitate...buy this film!!
Review: I usually write long reviews on this site on movies that i've seen that were good or bad, but i really don't have much to say about this movie except to say that it's THE BEST DAMN 80'S TEEN MOVIE I'VE EVER SEEN...and for that price, you gotta see it too! If you are a teen or were one, you'll relate to this movie, it'll make you smile, laugh, dance, feel good and cry. Rarely does a movie play with your emotions as this one will. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS MOVIE FOR EVERYONE, ONCE YOU SEE IT, YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHY I AND ALL THE OTHER REVIEWERS HAVE SUCH HIGH PRAISES FOR THIS FILM!
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Summary: Memorable Teen Comedy/Drama...
Review: This film predates the recent flood of brainless teen comedies by almost twenty years, yet it remains one of the best examples of the genre.
The film relates the story of three friends embarking on a quest to get laid. Along the way, Gary (Lawrence Monoson), falls in love with a pretty new student, Karen (Diane Franklin). Unfortunately, Gary's affections are not returned and to further complicate matters Karen begins dating Gary's best friend, a shallow and macho womanizer. When Karen gets pregnant, Gary comes to the rescue hoping to win Karen's heart.
What separates this film from the other teen comedies is substance. The film alternates between hilarious comedy and emotional drama in the last thirty minutes making for a truly unique film. The comedy bits are very memorable including a rendez vous with a nymphomaniac, salsa dancing latina and Gary's encounter with an overweight young lady whose bra will just not co-operate. Unlike many comparable films the acting is top notch also, Monoson and Franklin are terrific in particular. Interestingly enough both would work in the horror genre, Monoson in the forgettable Friday The 13th IV: the Final Chapter and Franklin in Amityville II: The Possession. The film is fueled by a great eighties soundtrack featuring diverse artists like Tommy Tutone, U2, Devo and REO Speedwagon.
Though the DVD is very bare bones, the picture quality is fantastic and the audio is acceptable too. A theatrical trailer is included. Based on an Israeli film I have never heard of, The Last American Virgin is highly recommended to those searching for a good, raunchy laugh.
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