The read
A Balasaur Score of 48 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 29%, Metacritic 33/100. Audiences rate it 27 points higher than critics do. Most of the 973 1980s comedy movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Prime and Tubi.
Synopsis
Naive Midwestern prep student Jonathan bonds with his more worldly roommate, Skip, who takes the small-town boy under his wing. At Skip's urging, the inexperienced Jonathan is emboldened to seek out older women in the cocktail lounges of nearby Chicago, where he meets and beds the alluring Ellen, who unfortunately turns out to be Skip's mother. The division between the friends is further deepened when a cheating scandal engulfs the school.
Ratings
Audiences rate it 27 points higher than critics do.
213 audience votes
Key crew
- Lewis John CarlinoDirector
- Jim KoufWriter
- David GreenwaltWriter
- Elmer BernsteinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jacqueline BissetEllen
- Rob LoweSkip
- Andrew McCarthyJonathan
- Cliff RobertsonMr. Burroughs
- Stuart MargolinBalaban
- John CusackRoscoe
- Alan RuckRoger
- Rodney PearsonAllen
- Remak RamsayKennedy
- Virginia MadsenLisa
- Deborah ThalbergSusan
- Fern PersonsHeadmistress DeBroul
