Phillip Filmore is a naive, 15-year-old, preoccupied with sex, who develops a crush on Nicole Mallow, the new 30-something, French housekeeper and sitter to look after him when Phillip's father is out of town for the summer on a "business" trip. But Mr. Filmore's unscrupulous chauffeur, Lester Lewis, takes advantage of Phillip's crush on Nicole to hire her to seduce the youth, then draws her into a plot to fake her own death in a blackmail scheme aimed to drain Phillip's trust fund.
Private Lessons has generally received mixed reviews.
Perhaps you were looking for:
Review of Private Lessons (1981)
Cinafilm features reviews from top contributing critics and users.
Review of Private Lessons (1981)
By John Corry (7) for The New York Times (9,847) on 06 Jun 2017
Wow! No positive reviews yet.
Stay tuned - we add thousands of new movie reviews every day.
Wow! No negative reviews yet.
Stay tuned - we add thousands of new movie reviews every day.
More About This Page
Private Lessons was released in 1981 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 3 reviews, giving Private Lessons (1981) an average rating of 48%.
Overall, cinema-goers and film critics broadly agree on the merits of the movie, with critics giving it an average score of 40% and users giving an average score of 40%.
With a score of 48%, Private Lessons is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1981, which stands at 60%.
Popular Movies Right Now