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DVD Just One of the Guys
Though marketed as a raunchy teen sex comedy à la Porky's, Just One of the Guys is an amusing and well-acted comic riff on gender roles. Believing that she's lost a journalism contest because she's a woman, high school student Joyce Hyser disguises herself as a boy in order to see how the other half lives. Her investigation leads her to discover some interesting truths about how men and women treat each other in social and romantic situations. The screenplay by coproducers Jeff Franklin (a veteran TV scribe) and Dennis Feldman nicely balances the sex-driven gags with more character-driven material, which is well delivered by Hyser, Clayton Rohner as her eccentric pal, and especially Billy Jacoby as her perpetually aroused brother; the capable cast also includes Sherilyn Fenn and Arye Gross. Eighties music fans should also appreciate the soundtrack, which features tracks by Berlin, Lindsay Buckingham, and the Stooges. --Paul Gaita
I stumbled onto this in a late night barrage of mixed fare that was spewing out of one of the Movie CABLE channels. Never having seen it before, I wasn't drawn to it to remember scenes from the past, but there was enough (even in my bleary-eyed condition) to keep my attention. This is a familiar tale about what happens when one gender disguises itself as the other- with the usual consequent, revelations. The variation this time is that pretty girls can write serious journalism, too, especially if they're not judged on their appearance.
The film is typical harmless teen-exploitiation. There are the obligatory scenes with a school bully intimidating a geek, only to be shamed by both the girl in question and her "buddy" who, of course, eventually becomes her love interest. There's lots of running around, several moments of embarrassment, and an undercurrent that everyone is over-sexed and under . . . well, you know. Otherwise, there wouldn't be too much here to note, except for the actor who plays the main character. Joyce Hyser will not wow you with her delivery and her acting ability leaves something to be desired; but it doesn't matter. She is simply magnetic. From the very first scene, I couldn't take my eyes off her- only to be rewarded with an even better surprise in one of the final scenes. See this if you want to get a whiff of the '80s and need some light-hearted, mindless entertainment, but mostly to see Joyce! My question is how could anyone ever have mistaken her for a boy??!!
Getting in touch with your masculine side - it's Yentle!
I thought Yentle was a strange movie when I first saw it years ago, that they made some sort of gender bender / Fiddler on the Roof / Jewish musical / love of knowledge movie. There must have been several (or maybe reletively few) women in the past who did what Barbara's character did - dress up as a man in order to gain knowledge or escape her confines. Such happens to Terry, where she takes Yentle and turns it into a semi raunchy 80s teen sex comedy.
Terry is frustrated that she is losing out on her dreams in journalism because she feels opportunities are not knocking due to her being a woman. In an experiment to find out if it is true if boys have more choices. In a WAY pre "Boys Don't Cry" make over, Terry becomes her alter ego - also named Terry (notice it's gender neutral) and starts afresh at her new school as a man. She befriends an ecclectic circle of friends - that creepy guy with the insects, those two Star Trek people who like to pretend they're space aliens, etc. All the while avoiding her boyfriend and her parents just happen to be out of town to question why it is she suddenly looks like Ellen Degenerus around the house.
This was an amusing experiment and sitcom situation, but it wasn't laugh out loud kind of funny. Terry's perpetually aroused brother allowed for some pathetically funny attempts at impressing girls. The guy she sets her sights on as a guinea pig in her experiment who she eventually falls for is oh so not hot after she makes him over. If anything he looked more appealing in the nerdy clothes. And that gal who was chasing after her when she thought Terry was a boy? "He looks like the Karate Kid, I've got to have him". I don't know where to start with that statement, I just don't. And she ends up banging her dorky brother after it is reveiled that brother Terry is actually sister Terry. Hmmm ... I guess skanks just heal faster.
The humor was jeuvinile, but not as smutty as it could have been. And truth be told, I was disappointed as it had junior high school mentality, was definiatly smutty, but it wasn't clever and witty, if that makes any sense (think the American Pie movies). It was made for the junior high school set, sort of a PG-13 Porky's with a Yentle thing mixed in a high school that embraced 80s bad fashion at another level. In other words, I watched this because it was on.
One of the best teen flicks of the 80's!!!
This was truly one of the best teen flicks of the 80's. From start to finish this was a great movie all the way through. The only downfall is the fact it is a fullscreen release. for those of you holding out until it is released in widescreen format do not hold your breath. While it is a great movie and one of my personl favorites it was made in an era where it was overshadowed by blockbusters such as real genius, ghostbusters, starwars, Indians jones ETC. But even though it is fullscreen the quality of the picture more than makes up for it! This movie is 20 years old and it looks better on dvd than half of the movies that are out on dvd today!!! or just raleased! So if you truly enjoyed this film just give in to the fullscreen format and get it today!!!!! "Who do you think you are tootsie?!!!!, Okay Yentl!!!!!!"
This statement can probably best describe Patrick Dempsey currently, but those who remember him in his earlier works only associate it with "Can't Buy Me Love". Dempsey stars in the story of a nerd who buys himself popularity only to fall in too deep with his new inflated ego. With countless memorable scenes and a touching (and yes corny) ending, this movie is clearly up there as far as teen 80's flicks. Dempsey shines as the desperate Ronald Miller looking for what he believes will provide happiness. His goofy ways are ever present in the big dance where he "introduces" the school to a new dance. Amanda Peterson and Courtney Gains round out a solid cast. More Info about this DVD Director(s): Steve Rash DVD Release Date: Released the 13 August 2002 Usually ships in 24 hours
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After dominating the teen-movie genre for the bulk of the 1980s, writer-producer (and sometimes director) John Hughes proved that he had at least one good movie left in him before squandering his talent on lame comedies throughout the 1990s. Like The Breakfast Club and Pretty in Pink, Some Kind of Wonderful treated its teenaged characters like real people with real feelings, hopes, fears, and desire. Mary Stuart Masterson gives a great performance as a tomboy drummer named Watts who's secretly in love with her best friend, Keith (Eric Stoltz), an aspiring artist who is oblivious to her affection because he's got a crush on Amanda (Lea Thompson), the popular high school beauty. Watts will even go so far as to chauffeur a date for Keith and Amanda, if only to... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Eric Stoltz - Mary Stuart Masterson Director(s): Howard Deutch DVD Release Date: Released the 20 August 2002 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Patrick Dempsey had an usual niche in the 80s teen comedy, as did the characters he played. He was the lovable loser who just wanted to fit in, somehow ends up getting caught up in some smutty encounter or another on his quest for acceptance, but is well liked and tended to have everything mostly work out for him in the end. Here was no acception.
He plays the lovable loser once again, this time he was an arrogant, cocky kid who blew his education by doing nothing but partying at college. Disappointed and angry at his failing grades, his parents decide to stop supporting him and he is forced into the minimum wage workforce at a pizza place. While Patrick is thoughly miserable working for slave labor, he encounters a beautiful, mysterious stranger who (like the plot to a... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Patrick Dempsey - Kate Jackson Director(s): Joan Micklin Silver DVD Release Date: Released the 04 May 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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In the brief flower of his teen idolhood, C. Thomas Howell starred in this unexpectedly mature teen comedy. High school loser Michael (Howell) receives an unsigned love note and hopes it's from the queen of the social scene, Debbie (Kelly Preston). When Debbie brushes him off, his best friend Toni (Lori Loughlin) convinces him to send her an anonymous note of his own--only Toni, who's so in love with Michael that she wants him to be happy, rewrites his clumsy fumblings into romantic prose, and Debbie swoons. Meanwhile, the first note has fallen into other hands, setting off misguided passion among the kids' parents. Secret Admirer could have been familiar fluff, but the plot keeps taking unexpected turns, tweaking the clichés of the teen genre with a dose of reality.... More Info about this DVD Director(s): David Greenwalt DVD Release Date: Released the 07 January 2003 Usually ships in 24 hours
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The brief 1980s mania surrounding "the Coreys" peaked with License to Drive, a modest but surprisingly still enjoyable adventure comedy. Les (Corey Haim, Lucas) has a chance to date his dream girl, Mercedes (Heather Graham, Boogie Nights, in her first significant movie role)--but he's just failed his driving exam. Motivated by a mixture of pride and hormones, he steals his grandfather's Cadillac and heads out on the town with Mercedes for a night that swiftly becomes an escalating series of disasters, made worse by the foolhardy antics of Les' best friend Dean (Corey Feldman, Stand by Me). Despite some egregious '80s fashion disasters (Graham gets the worst of them), License to Drive holds up surprisingly well--it's no work of genius, but it is a solidly... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Corey Haim - Corey Feldman Director(s): Greg Beeman DVD Release Date: Released the 03 May 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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