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?
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10/23/04
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 CriticPretty dated now, but it's early Penn.
10/15/04
A jumbled but appealing teen-age comedy with something of a fresh perspective on the subject.
08/30/04
Top Critic
Fast Times at Ridgemont High explores adolescent energy with elan.
02/04/04
An engaging 80s time capsule and an important early film for Heckerling and screenwriter Cameron Crowe.
05/28/03
No review available.
03/19/03
There'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
No review available.
12/02/02
Fast Times has not endured the passage of time.
11/07/02
No review available.
10/18/02
No review available.
10/17/02
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
No review available.
09/01/02
No review available.
08/30/02
No review available.
08/09/02
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
...largely prosaic, crude, stereotyped, and pointless.
04/08/01
Penn has a huge presence in the film, and every whacked line he utters resonates with the sheer hilarity that he fully believes in what he says
02/27/01
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