Raetsonwe Redundant and unnecessary.

NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!

Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

sharky_55 Early on in The Last American Virgin there are some clever instances of the film tapping into its kind of teenage humour. Gary, Rick and David have invited three girls back to Gary's house in an attempt to score. Naturally, Gary, the film's protagonist and the only virgin of the three, is stuck with the most frigid of the girls. But she is a teenager too, and so the shirt comes off, in the midst of her half-heartedly attempts to deflect him with a bowl of cold popcorn. Gary quickly goes for the bra, which to the teenage boy is like the last barrier to the holy grail, but its a clunky, unsexy contraption (form matching its owner). Their end position that his parents stumble onto is something of a masochist's fantasy; Gary, in his enthusiasm to unsnap the bra, has her in a makeshift choke-hold while she fidgets and shifts around in her seat. Before that the boys nervously offer the girls high-grade 'cocaine' in an attempt to impress them, without revealing it is merely powdered artificial sweetener. Davidson reaches for the natural humour that is squeezed out of the self- consciousness of the scene; the boys are trying to play it off like hotshots, and the girls pretend like they know what they are doing and have done it all before. It's sweet because neither side is willing to admit just how inexperienced they really are. We all know how the scene ends, of course. The film is from a period of teen sex comedies that advertise raunchiness for raunchiness' sake, so the outcome must be having everyone rush into the room at the same time half naked to the shock, horror and heart attack of the prudish mother. If there is any other dimension of these characters, it is not even slightly explored. Davidson sets up the film to subvert via its ending, by having Gary's hopes crash down and mar what the conventional audience expects. But nobody learns anything from this ending. It's been praised widely for its 'realism', but it just beats the poor idiot relentlessly with the close-up of his teary face. Every facet of the film is constructed to serve Gary's misery, but Davidson has missed the step where he acknowledges exactly where it was he went wrong and how he will move forward. Without this, it's so easy for a viewer to veer in the wrong direction after those credits. It is supposedly built on the destruction of what would later be dubbed the 'friendzone'. We see this in Gary, in the way he swoops in as the nice guy after Rick, and how he is suddenly donning leather jackets and brimming with confidence once he has found his girlfriend. The crux of it is that this is all based on his initial attraction to Karen, and his desire to have sex with her, which makes his crusade hardly more noble that Rick's. But this message isn't earned because the women in the film are all terrible caricatures. Of course Gary is stuck with the dumpy third girl, and then coveted by Karen's heavily bespectacled friend Rose. Karen herself is this fuzzy, vague bundle of characterisations brought in to service the plot. See Davidson's treatment of her abortion, as some sinister, defiling procedure, urgently cross-cutting between the two as if they share a special bond because he helps her get through the ordeal. And then a day later she is back to being the bouncing, smiling Diane Franklin. The whole plot falls apart because she isn't a character that forces Gary's hand, but merely a device to rip out his heart. Davidson relies so heavily on the shocking treatment of Gary's ending that he forgets to separate these characters from the wild, irrational sphere of the teenage period where anything goes and rational thought is succeeded by passion and desire. This conclusion would work better if these characters had the agency that they deserve, and instead of the soppy, sugary kiss in the bathroom, Gary heads to the party with the expectation and anticipation of that kiss. Then the blow is valid, and his demise is a piercing and justifiable critique of his mindset. But there is none of that, and there is no moment of post-realisation ala 500 Days of Summer that enables growth. So all in all, it's barely an upgrade from the formulaic happy ending, which makes a lot more sense from Karen's perspective anyway.

Sammy_Sam_Sam This film reminds me of the days in the 80s where you'd buy or rent a film based on the cover and short blurb on the back, only to discover that what you'd got was nothing like you were expecting. In my opinion, the film has something of an identity crisis and it's weird, because based on content I'd think it would appeal to the PG or 15 age range, but with an 18 certificate they seem to have missed their audience a bit. Think American Pie, Porky's etc., but crossed with a John Hughes coming of age style storyline. And I didn't realise it at the time, but it's a remake, although I can't comment on how this compares to the original.I would say it's fairly well acted and although they're a young bunch, they seem convincing enough. There are a few cringe worthy moments which perhaps might seem slightly odd... I won't go into details! It's probably fair to say though the 'goofy' moments in this film really undermine the more serious aspects of the story, as they creep out of the light-hearted comedy 'prank' territory and into the realm of the absurd. For example, there's an Inbetweeners style moment involving a car, but rather than fear any repercussions for their actions, they just dance about laughing, as if nothing happened. That'd be fine if this were Porky's, but it's supposed to be serious too, which means this moment works in contradiction to the more serious moments. I watched a film called Big Wednesday that same week, which features a similar situation with a car, but in that their reaction is more realistic (and that film certainly isn't what I'd call subtle). It also occurs to me that this film reminds me of 'Click', a film which had some genuinely interesting points to make and was quite poignant in places, but sadly allowed the goofy moments to detract from that.The soundtrack in this film is excellent, although the songs feel as though they've put in to gel together parts of the story which really shouldn't have gone with each other. For that reason, in some ways it feels more like a sketch show in places... again, it could've worked well, but it doesn't seem quite right.I so desperately wanted to like this film, so much so that I gave it a second viewing a couple of months after the first. Unfortunately though I can't really say that I liked it all that much, which is a shame, as it had some brilliant moments and I really think it had potential. Not a terrible film by any means, but certainly not the undiscovered masterpiece which some might claim. And I particularly liked the end, which I shalln't spoil, but I think it was a brave effort and only a shame the rest of the film hadn't been a little more in keeping with that. If I had the time and ability, I think I could edit this film into a 7 or 8/10, but as it stands, it really is a 6/10. I'd recommend St Elmo's Fire or Some Kind of Wonderful as better takes on a similar story, or perhaps give the original a try, as I understand it was very successful and probably a better film.

concerro Most of the movie is just like all the other high school dating B movies with nudity to keep guys glued to the screen. You have the typical nerd who likes the pretty girl who likes the handsome/cool guy who is a jerk. In this movie though the jerk, and the leading "hero" are actually friends which is something different. Towards the end of the movie though the movie becomes more serious. I have never seen a movie where the tone switched so dramatically. I gave the movie a six at first(20 minutes before the end), but after seeing the ending I moved it to a 7. I will admit the movie as a whole is not a 7. Not including the ending it is a 5 or 6, but the ending was so great to me that I pushed it to a 7.

vandeu04 You can add up the sins pretty quick in this movie. Drug use, Prostitution, Friends letting Friends drive drunk, Abortion (at Christmas), Stalking, Cheating, Using people, Lying, STDs, Bullying, Stealing......Overall though it is a throwback watching it now to the beginning of the 1980s. Good Soundtrack, Good Storyline, and surprisingly, the acting wasn't as bad as I thought. In 1982 I gave this movie a 5, but after almost 30 years, I gave it a 10 as it is a true reminder of the teen set and attitude of that era. The pair, Golan-Globus brought you this movie under the Canon Film Group. They also brought you The Delta Force with Chuck Norris and Lee Marvin, Death Wish sequels, and a host of other films. The Last American Virgin stands out to me because it expresses the ups and downs of teen love as well as the let down by assuming. "See it or Be it" as the poster implied back when.