Review of One Crazy Summer (1986) by Jared C — 12 Dec 2010

Zany, wacky, no-holds-barred (And very atypical) romantic comedy starring a young John Cusack & Demi Moore, he as a wanna-be Basketball star, and she as a free-spirited dreadlock-wearing hippie-chick singer who band together with Cusack's memorably-bizarre assortment of friends--Bill Murray's chubby, younger sibling Joel, stocky little gnome Curtis Armstrong, gawky Tom Villard, and the wildly-manic Bobcat Goldthwaite-- in the hope of saving Moore's grandfather's home from ruthless developers.

Rife with side-splitting set-pieces, outrageous, almost surreal happenings, & wild dialogue. Moore is interesting here, playing an atypically-non-glamorous part, and the budding romance between she and Cusack's character is improbable, but amusing.

Director Savage Steve Holland also helmed the almost-as-funny "Better Off Dead" , also with Cusack.