Like Fast Times at Ridgemont High, you can't go home again. This movie was WAY below the standard that I thought I remembered. Much more of a raunch movie that a RomCom, it was strongly influenced by Animal House and Grease.
Sam turns 16 but since the family is completely up in arms about her older sisters wedding, they bustle around so much that they forget (Home Alone). She fortunately has her friend Robin (Jami Gertz) to confide her crush in Jake Ryan (Michael Schoffling). But interference comes in the form of The Geek (Anthony Michael Hall).
While I recall the movie primarily as a showcase for the nerdy AMH, it was very crude by modern standards: the stereotypical "Chinaman", the passed out prom queen who Jake could "violate in 10 different ways", the prescription drug overdose, and so forth. Then at the end [spoiler alert] it turns into a beautiful date and the perfect birthday gift.
So in the combo of Teen Raunch and RomCom, it fails at both. Don't try this combination again.
** of 5
Early appearances by John and Joan Cusack!
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