Fast Times At Ridgemont High

Stars: Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Robert Romanus, Brian Backer, Phoebe Cates

Fast Times at Ridgemont High is based on Cameron Crowe's book, centers around a group of high school kids, most of which work at the mall. Judge Reinhold takes pride in his burger-flipping job, a very young-looking Jennifer Jason Leigh and Phoebe Cates work at a dine-in pizza parlor, and dorky Brian Backer takes movie tickets while his slimeball friend Robert Romanus scalps concert tickets. The unemployed characters are also seen around the mall, with Sean Penn's pothead character Jeff Spicoli attempting to get service sans shirt in Reinhold's burger joint and beefy football player Forrest Whitaker shoving quarter after quarter into Space Invaders and Pac-Man.

There are plenty of in-school scenes featuring two teachers on opposite sides of the spectrum. Vincent Sc

In the movie, there's not much of a plot, just a series of loosely related scenes, most of which involve sex. Cates schools Leigh on a certain sexual technique, Backer tries to work up the courage to ask Leigh out, Reinhold is walked in on by Cates during an intimate personal moment, Penn trashes Whitaker's car, and so on. These types of scenes work as a whole and put the story together.

This movie is definitely a comedy, some would even classify this as a romantic comedy since it involves sex and high school relationships. This is a typical 1980s comedy that shows the rebellious, but good hearted, high school kids enjoying their high school lives. This movie is one of my favorite comedies of all time.

The ensemble cast acts it well, and it is a typical teenage 80's movie, which means it includes sex and nudity. It captures the entertainment world of the early 1980s.

The director, Amy Heckerling, does a brilliant job with the cast and directing. She does a very good job of putting together these simple comedies targeted towards the teenage aud

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