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Movie Reviews of Private School
Movie Review: Teen madness
Summary: 4 Stars
I found this an amusing movie starring Phoebe Cates. If you like the antics of teenage girls and boys and a weird parent, you might enjoy this movie.Movie Review: loads of stupid teen fun
Summary: 4 Stars
good movie for the teen movie's that came out in the 70's and 80's and it showed the environment we lived in and it is a fun movie to watch at partysMovie Review: Funny Movie
Summary: 4 Stars
I like Phoebe Cates and I never saw this movie before. Really enjoyed it - it was a better than I thought it would be. Great nudity too.Movie Review: Classic 80s sex farce, but not the best Phoebe Cates flick
Summary: 3 Stars
It's an early 80's sex farce, what do you expect?
Private School isn't a Fast Times at Ridgemont High, but it's not a Rock & Roll High School either. I rank this film up there with summer camp cliché movies like The First Turn-On just because of the amount of T&A. Edited, this movie would fit in with the slew of movies that made USA, Up All Night such a popular late-night show.
Surprisingly, there is a story here, but it's not very developed. The central theme is on having sex for the first time. The characters get into this topic frequently thoughout the movie in the form of an ongoing sex-education class, locker room discussions, and late night chats. Private School is essentially about the awkwardness of having sex for the first time. The male leads really ham up their roles and get into stupid pubescent antics, and it's the women in the movie that provide some sensitivity.
Although Phoebe Cates is billed as the star of the movie, Cates is under-used, often coming across as a side-story. Most of the attention is spent on Betsy Russell and the two male leads. If you're looking for make-out scenes and nude scenes featuring Phoebe Cates, you will be disappointed as there aren't any - atleast not in the version of the film that runs on late-night premium cable TV. What Phoebe fans will get is a final cast ensemble scene where Phoebe and company moons their school's headmaster. For those particularly interested in this scene, the shot is taken from a side angle that gives you a look of Cates' thighs and waist, then pans out to catch her directly from behind. This might be enough to make Private School a good buy. If you're looking to recapture the fun of your 70s and 80s youth with some classic B-movies, this is definitely a worthwhile addition to your DVD collection.
The three-star rating I am giving is not for the film itself, but for the DVD release of this film. The movie is slated to be presented in Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85 format with Dolby Digital 2.0 audio for Region 1. The disc will be contained in a snap case. With a running time of 89 minutes and an R (MPAA) rating, I'm anticipating that there won't be any added footage I am, however, expecting the full uncut film with clean video. It would be nice if there were other extras such as an original trailer or perhaps interviews, but I've found nothing to say this will happen.
Movie Review: Truly awful film...so why the 3 stars?
Summary: 3 Stars
I have fond memories of being a horny 13 year old and catching Private School on cable back in the mid-80's and it had always been a movie I longed to see have a DVD release. Well...that day has finally arrived and I'm here to tell you that I must have been dumb as a rock at 13 cuz Private School might be one of the worst pieces of drek to crawl out of the 80's teen sex comedy toilet you'll ever see...and it's wonderful. See, movies can sometimes be an entirely subjective thing if you have memories attatched to them. Viewing this film nearly 25 years later I was instantly transported back to my teenage years and I spent more time reminiscing about the 80's, my first crush, the kids I hung out with, etc. than paying attention to the flick. That's not a bad thing really. The script is atrocious, the actors are painfully unfunny (especially the guy who plays Bubba who I recall stinking up a lot of these teen movies) and the cheese-ometer gets cranked up a few notches when a song sung by Phoebe Cates plays over a montage that makes Baywatch look classy.
Which brings me to Phoebe Cates...the sole reason this film even exists. Has there ever been another actress whose good looks radiate charisma when she herself is'nt really doing much of anything? Don't get me wrong she turned out to be a fine actress and her previous film "Fast Times At Ridgemont High" is about a zillion times better than Private School but truth is Phoebe Cates might have the most beautiful face ever committed to film (which may explain why the Phoebe-Cult continued to this day).
And yet....it's Betsy Russelll who delivers the goods, who actually provides Private School with it's truly sexy moments. Just watch the scene where she tries to seduce Matthew Modine by flaunting her perfectly toned legs in his face and tell me that she might not be the queen seductress of all time.
So if you've never seen this movie (and you're under 30) you'll probably wonder what all the fuss was about but if you remember 1983 and you remember waiting on line to play Pac-Man at the arcade, chances are you love this film for reasons good taste can't explain.