Written with Peter and Bobby Farrelly, and based on the former's novel, this is a refreshing seventies set comedy-romance, starring Shawn Hatosy (been in tons of things we haven't seen, except Alpha Dog) and Amy Smart (been in tons of things we haven't seen). And Alec Baldwin.
The boy gets into trouble with his stoned pals and is sent to a prep school, where he mixes with other stoners, and meets the boy-meets-girl girl.
I have to say I found the romance angle refreshing (they don't even have sex, or if they do, it's off camera), and laughed out loud at a few things, such as the stoner friend Jon Abraham who drives the wheelchair-bound brother behind his van to expedite paper round, and Jack Ferver being sick on Hatosy's arm.
Good soundtrack of seventies rock standards. The lighting's rather blue. Feels autobiographical.
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| George Wendt is far left |
Gabriel Mann is not James Spader.
Weirdly, Beach Blanket Bingo (1965) gets another mention - we just saw some of it featured in The Outsiders.
And what was the great sign? Something like, "Three Fingered Steve's Fireworks Emporium"!
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