Take Joe Piscopo's ego and arrogance and put it into an ugly, scrawny adolescent body and you get Gary, one of the most annoying and unlikeable characters in the history of cinema. Anthony Michael Hall works in other movies but kept me from rating this one higher than a 7. I don't know if they let him improvise his own dialogue in this movie but it certainly seemed like it... the scene where he's drunk in the bar almost made me walk out.
Like many fantasy comedies, you have to roll with whatever this movie throws at you, which is a grab bag of goofy tidbits. The premise may be outlandish, but most teen boys dream of such a scenario (magically having adult privileges) at one time or another and that's what it plays on. Bill Paxton is at his funniest as Chet and makes the movie worth seeing. Kelly LeBrock was quite a looker back in the day and fit her role AND her leotards nicely.
It was funnier when I was in high school but it's lost a bit over time.
Like many fantasy comedies, you have to roll with whatever this movie throws at you, which is a grab bag of goofy tidbits. The premise may be outlandish, but most teen boys dream of such a scenario (magically having adult privileges) at one time or another and that's what it plays on. Bill Paxton is at his funniest as Chet and makes the movie worth seeing. Kelly LeBrock was quite a looker back in the day and fit her role AND her leotards nicely.
It was funnier when I was in high school but it's lost a bit over time.