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Loverboy

Right now it feels like it would have been a high risk bet that Patrick Dempsey's career wouldn't survived the 1980s. It did. Carrie Fisher, Robert Picardo, Dylan Walsh and Kirstie Alley have done well for themselves too. Kate Jackson stars as Dempsey's mom, Diane Bodek. Randy Bodek (Dempsey) is the "Loverboy" in this doped up teen comedy which isn't bad for what it is. Randy works at Senor Pizza but wants to make more money to impress his girlfriend, Jenny (Nancy Halen). He scores older women to make extra cash on the side. Comically, he services women like Dr. Joyce Palmer (Alley), Monica (Fisher), and Kyoko (Kim Miyori). Randy's newfound popularity is the talk of the town, and people start to look into it with ensuing hilarity. Only in a comedy could a dude realistically justify whoring himself out for his girlfriend's benefit.

Who would have thought the cast of this film would be a who's who of (mostly) top shelf TV actors? There are some exceptions: Real A-listers like Kirstie Alley, Carrie Fisher, etc. I almost didn't recognize Robert Picardo, from "Star Trek Voyager" and the "Stargate" TV spinoffs: "Stargate SG-1", "Stargate Atlantis" and "Stargate Universe". He has hair, although I highly doubt it is natural, even when this film was made. This is worth a watch, if only for the cast.

Very enjoyable movie from start to finish, starring Patrick Dempsey, an 80s icon. Great scenes, funny dialogue. Tony the Italian and his quest for Randy's mother are classic. I have many anchovies for you! A father's worst nightmare, "And you always think its the other guy." Kirstie Alley pre weight gain. A must see for any guy, you might actually pick up a few pointers. Alex, is the sexy older lady who puts out the 411 on the Love Doctor of Beverly HIlls. $200 for a pizza delivery with extra anchovies. Intruder alert, violator, violator, run papa. The under-appreciated wives gets back at their husbands. The hotty mom with the swimming pool, just great storytelling. The dream or shall I say nightmare with Doctor Reed Palmer. Stands the test of time.

For anyone who has ever read my previous reviews, you would know that my favorite movies aren't necessarily Oscar-worthy, but rather movies that take you to another time. Loverboy accomplishes this wonderfully. If you ever got to live the carefree life of coming and going as you please while mom and dad paid the bills then you know that it just doesn't last forever. Patrick Dempsey is Randy Bodek, a college student who flunks to the point that his dad won't foot the bill for college anymore. So...Randy works for Senor' Pizza as a delivery boy and, long story short, becomes the go-to guy for the lonely wives in town to get a little...attention from. As a former pizza jockey, I can say that although this never happened to me, it did happen to someone I used to work with and subsequently got her pregnant which got her husband out for his blood. This movie takes me back to the 80's where Saturdays were made for goofing off.

Until now just 6/10, something is wrong, this teen comedy deserves to be revisited to has a second chance, it was a well-conceived fresh idea, a lot of misunderstanding provides many laughs along the movie, the characters are true funny, mainly Robert Ginty as the worried father over his sole son be probably fruit, another priceless sequence was when the three betrayed angry husband willing make justice with their hands and tries finds out the pizza delivery, after many wrong targets their moving towards to a party, there all trouble gonna happen, every single shot has one reason to laugh one's head off, Dempsey is muddle, the women were sexy, mainly Kristie Alley, the bald Harry Bruckner (Vic Tayback) a nasty character is far away the best of all, an insane and jealous husband, also it was a smashing hit in Brazil at VHS's era, often appears on TV had a highest audience, became our guilty pleasure!!! Resume: First watch: 1994 / How many: 5 / Source: TV-DVD / Rating: 8

I realize that this movie is not quite Oscar worthy, but it is definitely my favorite of all time. It is great if you need cheering up or if you're just in the mood for a laugh. I highly recommend purchasing this movie...it is a must for all movie collections. Wow, the way I'm promoting it, you'd think I owned the rights or something! :)

Movies like this really put me in a good mood (if I'm not in one already) and are just effortlessly entertaining. Reminds me of other late 80s comedies of this sort like A Fine Mess and Skin Deep. The key is the cast makes it all look so easy. They are all very good comedic actors which helps. As the misunderstandings pile up, so do the awkward physical antics of Dempsey. This is in fact the only thing that I think took away from the abundant charm of this movie. He was in my opinion too over the top with his physical acting. I'm referring some of the scenes where his stunts were not necessary like the lawn chair scene by the pool???? Then he returns to the restaurant looking for Jen and he vaults off the counter. It was funny when the Japanese woman threw him but enough already! Its too cartoonish and forced. The director took too many liberties here and took away from what could of been much better comedy.