Loverboy
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Movie Reviews of Loverboy
Movie Review: Check Out the 80's Fashions!
Summary: 3 Stars
Micklin Silver is a nice director. I've seen some of her work from the 1970's; Hester Street is a real gem, the story of Jewish Immigrants at the turn of the 19th Century made with no studio money; it was remarkable. Recently I saw her PBS, adaptation of Scott Fitzgerald's short story classic, Bernice Bobs Her Hair -- again lovely work. Now in Loverboy she gets some Hollywood dough and makes the most of a low budget, an almost Marx brother's touch that in the wrong hands could be a very cheesy sex comedy.
For those of us that have delivered pizza to stranger's homes: yeah, it could happen. "Ladies, a man is at your door." So that's the premise as our college boy has lost his girl and his tuition, so pizza delivery is his only alternative. The ladies soon shower our novice with money for love. He picks up some pointers. In fact, he enjoys the company of various TV personalities, sitcom ladies, and Carrie Fisher. Naturally the husbands find out and they're after our emerging Fred Astaire with the suave moves. Will he get his girlfriend back and save his parents marriage? It's worth a few laughs to find out. Also, check out the late 80's fashions.
Movie Review: Great movie, terrible price
Summary: 3 Stars
I love this movie, it's an 80's classic in my opinion. Patrick Dempsey is absolutely adorable as the teen who mistakenly falls into the line of being a male gigalo. Unfortunately, I cannot bring myself to pay this price for a DVD with absolutely no extras. What were they thinking?!?!? For now I'll just rent this movie and wait for the day that the price drops. Too bad....I was looking forward to buying it.Movie Review: The world's full of lonely people
Summary: 2 Stars
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 bad porn movie) makes his job worth while with no strings attached. While this fleeting encounter might have ended there, the mysterious stranger talked with her women friends about this, and soon Patrick is working as a gigalo under the guise of a pizza delivery guy. The smutty adventures and hilarity ensue after that. Long before Desperate Housewives he was their Afternoon Delight.
What was amazing to me in watching this movie is that Patrick didn't have sex with all the women clients he eventually aquires. He is simply a friend, a companion, someone to talk with. I guess I just don't understand why some of the women he was servicing didn't try talking with their husbands about what was bothering them rather than letting this situation come to a head. Of course, as infidelity is an ugly thing no matter how many screwball slapstick antics you apply to it like this movie did, it all comes crashing down on him when his mother rings up for some loving. That's an urban ledgend if there ever was one.
I gave this only 2 stars because the happily ever after ending was too hoaky for words. Still, it is a commentary on the world being full of lonely people.