Film198290 min

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Name: Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1982
Duration: 90 min
Cast: Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Phoebe Cates, Brian Backer

Taste attributes: comedydramamusic/danceteenlightrealisticsimplelinearglossyenclosedemotive & stirringall consuming questcoming of agecomplex relationshipunlikely connections

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"Fast cars, fast girls, fast carrots … fast carrots?"

Boxlist takeStylish and realistic: a moving comedy-drama, simple rather than intricate. Best if you like real life over fantasy.

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: light · Realism: true to life · Story: simple · Structure: very linear · Look: very glossy · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

6.8/10

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Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
Wholesomeness: Balanced wholesomeness, just how this profile likes it
Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it

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Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy

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Synopsis

Based on the real-life adventures chronicled by Cameron Crowe, Fast Times follows a group of high school students growing up in Southern California. Stacy Hamilton and Mark Ratner are looking for a love interest, and are helped along by their older classmates, Linda Barrett and Mike Damone, respectively. At the center of the film is Jeff Spicoli, a perpetually stoned surfer who faces-off with the resolute Mr. Hand—a man convinced that everyone is on dope.

Synopsis: TMDB