Friday 13 February 2015

My Tutor - 1983 ***


The more films I watch from the 80s the more I realise that the whole decade appears to have been devoted to the idea of teenage boys losing their virginity as well as falling for their very attractive, and supposedly unattainable teachers. Hundreds of teen boy films were dished out with this precise story. This is one of those films, and it's pretty fun, but highly ridiculous. Bobby is your typical teenage boy, highly sexed, and desperate to lose his virginity to his high school sweetheart. His father however has more practical ideas, especially when it becomes clear that Bobby is flunking French. Desperate to get his son into Yale, Bobby's dad hires an attractive tutor named Terry to live at the family home for the summer and coach Bobby up to a desired standard. If successful, he will give Terry a bonus of $10,000.
To start with, Bobby is uninterested, but when he sees Terry in her bikini things change drastically.
You can't help find it amusing, although the lead actor has the most wimpish, high pitched voice I have ever heard on a man, and the longest, 'girly' eyelashes. But never mind. The best thing about these 80s teen movies is always the soundtrack. 

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