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Teen comedy with an absurd and blackly comic touch. Cusack has to deal with typical teen issues, such as being dumped by his girl for the arrogant jock, along with, among other things, his mother's sentient cooking and a very, very persistent paperboy. Luckily a French exchange student moves in across the street... Probably the iconic teen comedy of the 1980s, along with Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and one that probably wouldn't be made today, considering one of the main plot points is the protagonist's attempts to commit suicide! Shame the director dropped out of making films and migrated to the lesser world of TV, and a further shame Cusack apparently doesn't think much of it, as it is one of his best films. |
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