spoilers in this review. despite a few highly improbable scenes and including the boys in pe measuring their penises in a contest and the few obligatory teens trying to get laid vignettes and this movie captures the painful essence of high school in ways that few teen films have ever done. it achieves this by not only showing the trio of friends and gary and dave and rick and as smoking and drinking and ever on the prowl teens and but also dwells on the nature of friendship itself as these three friends have their loyalties tested. this film is a snapshot of the time when childhood ends. for the shy romantic gary and when he sees the lovely karen for the first time he falls instantly in love. the awakening emotion in gary is writ large on the screen and and he proves his love for her by taking her in when she is jilted by her lover. this love for karen signals the end of gary innocence and as the bonds with his two best friends will be tested and and broken and over the course of the story. the confident ladies man and rick and is the person in high school we all secretly wish we were represent handsome and cool and and always has the impossibly beautiful girls in a swoon. rick turns out to be a cad and but you have to bear in mind that his character is only 17 years old. he panics and makes a bad decision. from rick perspective and the story is also about finding the one girl of his dreams and a bad breakup and and then at the end reconciling. the look on rick face as gary walks in and sees karen kissing rick and shows that he at last understands that his best friend and he love the same woman. as in real life and you do not bow out because your friend has an unrequited love. this is the tragedy of the film. rick is no villain and and constantly through the film he reminds gary and dave that theyre his best friends. the soulful quality of gary performance and however and is the heart of the story. lawrence monoson is a beautiful loser. he does everything right and his heart in the right place and and he consumed by love for karen. yet and karen and in the end and is not moved by gary devotion and kindness. karen represents all the people in the world who take in without giving back and who exist in a vacuum of their own ego and never stop to realize the emotional damage and trauma they inflict on others. this film is brutal in its statements on love and friendship and but that what makes it unique among teen films. it ceases being a comedy and becomes a hopelessly romantic film and albeit one doomed to a tragic conclusion. anyone who has ever found the girl of his dreams and did not win her and will understand. the heartrending crushes of high school are every bit as real as the emotional strains of adulthood and and this film will remind you of that in bold strokes. gary final reversal and as he drives away with the inscribed locket and is as poignant a moment as any in cinema. one feels and after watching this and that it really made of two movies. the first part is a silly teen sexploitation film and and once the story begins and it a strongly affecting drama. a terrific movie. it should also be noted that the soundtrack was prescient in its selection of many rising stars including the police and the cars and devo and oingo boingo and the plimsouls and the waitresses and gleaming spires and and phil seymour. 
spoilers in this review. despite a few highly improbable scenes and including the boys in pe measuring their penises in a contest and the few obligatory teens trying to get laid vignettes and this movie captures the painful essence of high school in ways that few teen films have ever done. it achieves this by not only showing the trio of friends and gary and dave and rick and as smoking and drinking and ever on the prowl teens and but also dwells on the nature of friendship itself as these three friends have their loyalties tested. this film is a snapshot of the time when childhood ends. for the shy romantic gary and when he sees the lovely karen for the first time he falls instantly in love. the awakening emotion in gary is writ large on the screen and and he proves his love for her by taking her in when she is jilted by her lover. this love for karen signals the end of gary innocence and as the bonds with his two best friends will be tested and and broken and over the course of the story. the confident ladies man and rick and is the person in high school we all secretly wish we were represent handsome and cool and and always has the impossibly beautiful girls in a swoon. rick turns out to be a cad and but you have to bear in mind that his character is only 17 years old. he panics and makes a bad decision. from rick perspective and the story is also about finding the one girl of his dreams and a bad breakup and and then at the end reconciling. the look on rick face as gary walks in and sees karen kissing rick and shows that he at last understands that his best friend and he love the same woman. as in real life and you do not bow out because your friend has an unrequited love. this is the tragedy of the film. rick is no villain and and constantly through the film he reminds gary and dave that theyre his best friends. the soulful quality of gary performance and however and is the heart of the story. lawrence monoson is a beautiful loser. he does everything right and his heart in the right place and and he consumed by love for karen. yet and karen and in the end and is not moved by gary devotion and kindness. karen represents all the people in the world who take in without giving back and who exist in a vacuum of their own ego and never stop to realize the emotional damage and trauma they inflict on others. this film is brutal in its statements on love and friendship and but that what makes it unique among teen films. it ceases being a comedy and becomes a hopelessly romantic film and albeit one doomed to a tragic conclusion. anyone who has ever found the girl of his dreams and did not win her and will understand. the heartrending crushes of high school are every bit as real as the emotional strains of adulthood and and this film will remind you of that in bold strokes. gary final reversal and as he drives away with the inscribed locket and is as poignant a moment as any in cinema. one feels and after watching this and that it really made of two movies. the first part is a silly teen sexploitation film and and once the story begins and it a strongly affecting drama. a terrific movie. it should also be noted that the soundtrack was prescient in its selection of many rising stars including the police and the cars and devo and oingo boingo and the plimsouls and the waitresses and gleaming spires and and phil seymour. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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