Lacks the frenzied energy which allowed Porky's to beat all competitors in its field.
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01/26/06
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
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Reviews Counted:43
Fresh:34
Rotten:9
Average Rating:6.7/10
Consensus: While Fast Times at Ridgemont High features Sean Penn's legendary performance, the film endures because it accurately captured the small details of school, work, and teenage life.
Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: This highly appealing teen comedy created a host of new stars -- including Sean Penn -- and features a lively rock music soundtrack. The freewheeling story chronicles the sexual insecurities and... [More]
Starring: Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Phoebe Cates
Director: Amy Heckerling
Reviews for Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Top CriticGreat fun if not quite the great teen pic some believe it to be.
08/07/07
Top CriticWhat plot there is garnishes itself with an array of such like-minded sensibilities that you'd be hard pushed to find much in the way of fault.
01/01/00
Top Critica high school comedy gem
09/19/04
How could they do this to Jennifer Jason Leigh? How could they put such a fresh and cheerful person into such a scuz-pit of a movie?
10/23/04
Top Criticoverrated
05/28/05
...largely prosaic, crude, stereotyped, and pointless.
04/08/01
It's among the coolest high school films I've ever seen, and it's one of the most representative movies of the 80s.
09/10/02
The filmmakers' attempts to capture the "real" high school experience run hot and cold, while the comedy quotient just doesn't cut it.
11/09/04
A brashly funny yet sensitive comedy that has become a cult favorite.
07/18/07
Top CriticThere's not a lot of substance here, but this is the high school I'd most like to go to in movie history.
12/08/02
[Penn] sets the tone of fun for the whole movie.
12/06/05
No review available.
10/18/02
No review available.
12/02/02
The movie is sublimely funny. And interesting.
01/01/00
Fast Times at Ridgemont High has really stood the test of time. Ridgemont will still have you reeling with laughter, and tapping your feet along to those eclectic pop classics.
06/20/02
No review available.
12/08/06
An engaging 80s time capsule and an important early film for Heckerling and screenwriter Cameron Crowe.
05/28/03
No review available.
07/02/05
Fast Times at Ridgemont High explores adolescent energy with elan.
02/04/04
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