The Last American Virgin
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Movie Reviews of The Last American Virgin
Movie Review: Very effective film for 16 year olds.
Summary: 5 Stars
The Last American Virgin (1982). 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. However, at a party later, Karen is Rick's date. Everyone knows how aggressive 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 teenage boys are like the character "Rick", but some teenage 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 definatly 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 (25th Anniversary Collector's Edition) (1985).
The song is, "Just Once" sung by James Ingram, lyrics by Quincy Jones. This DVD offers no bonuses or extras. Standard and Widescreen available on one disc.
You may recall Lawrence Monoson from Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (Deluxe Edition) (1984) and And the Band Played On (1993). He continues to act in movies and television.
In a 2010 internet radio interview, it was joked around that all the cast should return for a sequel. We want to see Gary get back at Karen and Rick.
Movie Review: Unrequited Love Blinds An 80s Nice Guy Into Finishng Last
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw this rare gem in a local video store discount bin but passed on it because the DVD case looked too dated and I doubted the condition. When I did an about face and went back to buy it, it was gone. After finding it here at Amazon and reading all the glowing reviews, now I know why.
This tale of a trio of youth blessed age comers on the make, two of which fatefully vy for the attentions of the same girl, sets you up for school lays scoring and lets you down with gilted reality all in the name of that old fashioned anti-heroic movie staple called real life.
Lead virginal victim Lawrence Monoson is a dead ringer for Jon Cryer. This was his first film and you almost wonder why he didn't follow it up and his star didn't rise to similar heights in the Hollywood teen angst genre. Be that as it may, its a keeper performance that stole the film.
For trivia buffs, James Ingram's immortal "Just Once" serves as the anti-climactic finale theme song. As indeed, it reminds us of a time in Hollywood when scripts, casting and soundtrack still all gelled to make even campy B kids movies appeal to and win over serious adult audiences.
A lot of armchair critics who dismiss this heart-wrenching old school jewel as just another 80s teen flick don't understand the context of the decade it precipitated, the window of media truth it represented and just how far our social mores and pop culture have gone downhill since.
A naive young love morality play of a mensch who becomes a lapdog for a pretty face and gets his heart broken, this was a filmic metaphor for 80s generation bliss which started with innocent moviefare like this and culminated in the greed-is-good "Wall Street" age of excess that followed.
If there were a best of the 80s time capsule, this would be the token throw-in for the perpetual teen set. Sadly, innocence like this wouldn't play in today's evil-is-hip media jungle. If there were a remake, the nice guy would still lose the girl and it would end in gang violence.
To wit, every cinema epoch has its rite of passage picture that defines coming of age. The 70s had "Summer of '42" and the 80s had this teen tearjerk matinee plot twister. Whoever rediscovers it finds out why the best moviemaking escapism will suspend your belief in happy endings.
Movie Review: funny movie, more realistic than you think
Summary: 5 Stars
A friend of mine always kept talking about The Last American Virgin and how good the movie was. I finally checked it out and i've got to say that it not only is a funny movie and 1980s classic, but it's also more realistic than you think.
Unlike over the top films where the hot-beautiful girl ends up with the average joe, Last American Virgin hits you with a hard core truth....that the average joes don't end up with the pretty girls.
The film revolves around Gary, David and Rick. Gary is the hopeless romantic and a Virgin. Rick is the Romeo and stud of the group, and David is the funny chubby kid.
All three are on a mission to get laid as much as possible. They have some pretty funny moments throughout the movie, like their encounter with Carmela.
But during the film, Gary falls for Karen, and even sabotages her bike so he can give her a ride. Karen meanwhile, has fallen for Rick and the two begin dating. Eventually, Rick does it with Karen, who ends up pregant, and Rick breaks up with her. Gary steps in and helps Karen get an abortion and reveals that he's fallen for her, which she doesn't deny.
Thinking that they are about to become an official couple, he goes out and spends quite a bit of money on jewlery for her, which he plans to give her at a party, but once there, he opens the kitchen door and his heart falls into his stomach. Karen has reunited with Rick.
Some people were kinda upset, I wasn't, because this is pretty much true to life as it can get. Life isn't a Disney movie, it can be a kick in between the legs.
Some pretty cool notes to take are that Rick (Steve Antin) played Troy from Goonies and Karen (Diane Franklin) played Monique from Better off Dead (Cusak's love interest).
My only beef, and what really made the film funny was watching Antin try and place a straight kid. He cannot pull it off. The clothes, his body language, everything. But overall, the movie is good. Well worth a watch.
Movie Review: A Funny Story About a Teenage Love Triangle
Summary: 5 Stars
Lawrence Monoson (Gary), Steve Antin (Rick), and Diane Franklin (Karen) star in this poignant yet funny movie about two guys who fall in love with the same girl. Karen has just moved to town a short time ago, and almost immediately, Gary falls for her. However, Gary's best friend Rick has also fallen for her. However, life still goes on for Rick, Gary, and David (Joe Rubbo). As typical teenage boys, they are concerned with only one thing; getting laid.
They try their luck with three gils they met at a local restaurant, only to have Gary's parents come home just when things were starting to get interesting. Next, they discover an older woman (Louisa Martinez), who really enjoys sex, but her boyfriend arrives home unexpectedly. Finally, they end up going to a local hooker, but they all catch crabs from her, and are forced to spend hours in the local pool trying to drown them.
Despite all of the different escapades, the story still revolves around Rick, Gary, and Karen. Karen and Rick finally have sex, much to Gary's surprise and anguish. Karen learns that she's pregnant and once she tells Rick, he immediately dumps her, saying he no longer loves her. Gary comes to her rescue, offering to pay for her abortion by selling his stereo and using his own money. The two become close and Gary seems to think that they're a couple now. But what will happen in the end? Will Gary and Karen stay together or will Rick come back?
This is one of my favorite movies. I've seen it many times on late-night television, and I was glad to find it on DVD. The story is excellent and the soundtrack, which includes such great 80's groups as Journey, REO Speedwagon, and Devo, makes the movie that much better. I give this movie my highest recommendation. The soundtrack will keep you singing along to all those great 80's songs and the story will keep your attention throughout.
Movie Review: True - and I'm not talking about a beer ad
Summary: 5 Stars
For most of this movie, it is a basic 80's teeny-bopper skin flick (for which the 1980s were so famous!). As I went to high school during the 80s I saw plenty of these types of movies, which made it rather nostalgic.To be sure, the film has a healthy dose of beautiful women. And, as is the case with so many 80s movies of this genre, most of them remove their clothes. Nothing surprising so far, except that the girl on the cover appears nowhere in the movie.
That said, this one had an unexpected twist. For the last 20 minutes or so, the film crosses over to the dark side and is anything like so many other 80s movies such as HARDBODIES, LOOSE SCREWS, REVENGE OF THE NERDS, etc. I had a faint feeling that the story was going to have an unhappy ending, but was rather surprised when I found that my premonition was correct.
In short, this is one of the most realistic pseudo-romantic comedies I've ever seen in my life. I could relate so well to the main character that I actually felt physically wounded, seeing what he had to endure.
The old adage that "Nice guys finish last" is something that almost no women believe, but every guy knows is true. The nice guys know it, just like the narcissistic fellows. While women traditionally deny the veracity of the tenet, selfish guys instead encourage nice guys to be more self-centered and egotistical. To we guys, no matter who or what we are, there is no mystery that the adage is dead-on.
All of these factors make this a worthwhile movie to watch. To my fellow nice-guys out there, this one is for US! Watch it, feel it & remember the times in your life when you felt just like the persona in the film.