Fast Times At Ridgemont High is a very well-written comedy that goes way beyond Phoebe Cates's topless scene or Sean Penn's Spicoli. Not only it's a classic 80's movie that has influenced many other movies, it's a well-structured, inventive film with great quality to it.
The film has four story lines: of Stacy Hamilton, of Brad Hamilton, of Jeff Spicoli, and of Damone and Mark Ratner.
The story lines vary in tone, yet they maintain that harmony that allows the characters jump from one storyline to another and fit perfectly.
The characters are memorable, quotable and very well played. Spicoli is perhaps the most memorable character in the movie, the stoner, surfer dude played brilliantly by Sean Penn. Brad Hamilton (Judge Reinhold) is the guy who wants to succeed yet finds himself stuck in the same jobs, Stacy (Jennifer Jason Leigh) is the girl that wants to grow up too soon, Damone (Robert Romanus) is a weasel, but a funny one, and Ratner (Brian Backer) is an innocent geek. And of course Mr. Hand (Ray Walston) who is a hilarious character trying to deal with Spicoli.
Fast Times is a fun movie, an enjoyable movie and a flashback to the 80's.
The film has four story lines: of Stacy Hamilton, of Brad Hamilton, of Jeff Spicoli, and of Damone and Mark Ratner.
The story lines vary in tone, yet they maintain that harmony that allows the characters jump from one storyline to another and fit perfectly.
The characters are memorable, quotable and very well played. Spicoli is perhaps the most memorable character in the movie, the stoner, surfer dude played brilliantly by Sean Penn. Brad Hamilton (Judge Reinhold) is the guy who wants to succeed yet finds himself stuck in the same jobs, Stacy (Jennifer Jason Leigh) is the girl that wants to grow up too soon, Damone (Robert Romanus) is a weasel, but a funny one, and Ratner (Brian Backer) is an innocent geek. And of course Mr. Hand (Ray Walston) who is a hilarious character trying to deal with Spicoli.
Fast Times is a fun movie, an enjoyable movie and a flashback to the 80's.