Review of O.C. and Stiggs (1987) by Shelly B — 07 May 2012
Robert Altman took on the teen movie genre, but he did it HIS way. The result is a varying hotch-potch of ideas, some work and some don't. But, it's alot different to many of the teen movies that were out at this time, it could have been like all the rest, but in Altman's hands it becomes an interesting curiousity.
Based upon a serial of stories from National Lampoon magazine, the film follows two restless yet unhappy teenagers, O.C. (Daniel H. Jenkins) and Stiggs (Neill Barry), who have too much time on their hands, and they try to get even with the Schwab family, whose father Randal Schwab (Paul Dooley) is a big insurance mogul, whose business dealings have ruined people close to our two heroes.
It's not much of a plot, but Altman used his trademark style of ad-libbing and spontaneous direction, which shows well here. But, it's still a flawed production, (the film's release was delayed for 2 years by MGM, not happy by Altman's approach to the source material.
) But, it does have a very good supporting casting including appearances by Jane Curtin, Ray Walston, Melvin Van Peebles and Dennis Hopper with a cool music score by King Sunny Ade.
This review of O.C. and Stiggs (1987) was written by Shelly B on 07 May 2012.
O.C. and Stiggs has generally received mixed reviews.
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