A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon (1988 William Richert & scr)

Richert was mainly known for his debut 1979 conspiracy thriller Winter Kills; he also wrote the source novel for this, which follows River Phoenix's desperate attempts to raise enough money to flee to Hawaii rather than face getting a proper job or going to his dad's dull college. During the course of that he makes some sexual conquests, notably of his mother's friend Ann Magnuson, who turns out also to be his father's lover, thus ironically bringing them closer together.

River is as always thoroughly believable. With Ione Skye, Meredith Salenger, Louanne, Matthew Perry.