Review of Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) by Scott A — 23 Aug 2013

One of the great, if not the best, High School films of all time. It is probably a little dated with the fashions, but the ideals still hold up well. The clicks that all the actors fall into are very much the same today, the teachers that don't understand students, the lack of any kind of major Parental Influence during that time of our lives and the raging hormones.

It has an epic soundtrack, and and even better cast. A lot of major actors in their earliest roles. Of course Penn steals the show when he is in the film, but Romanus, Backer, Cates, Leigh and Reinhold are all fantastic.

Of course not every big name gets to shine, as Cage doesn't even have any lines, and Stotlz and Edwards not much better. Still fun to see them so young.

Great subplots all over the place and not every one of them ends in a typical High School cliche.

And you gotta give Leigh and Cates a round of applause for their skin scenes...just very nice dude. Cates' is pretty much the stuff of legend. Good lord.