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Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) Rank 4 Reviews
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eFilmCritic.com (Ryan Arthur)
Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
The comedy captured the brutal realism of post-sexual-revolution high school life and has been imitated often, rarely equaled, and surpassed only once. ...read the complete Fast Times at Ridgemont High movie review at Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
Amy Heckerling’s portrait of high school/shopping mall life in Southern California is still just about as good as it gets...The panoply of teen types and turmoils is dead-on accurate. ...read the complete Fast Times at Ridgemont High movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
Bullz-Eye.com
This R-rated comedy captured the natural humor of high school life, while also addressing serious topics like abortion. So many high-school flicks just rehash old clichés, while “Fast Times” provides a nice dose of reality to go along with all ...read the complete Fast Times at Ridgemont High movie review at Bullz-Eye.com
DVD Talk (Aaron Beierle)
All in all, a great DVD for a great movie. My one glaring complaint is that the deleted scenes and extra footage that regularly show up on TV airings has been omitted from the DVD entirely. What gives? Some of those scenes added more humor and even ...read the complete Fast Times at Ridgemont High movie review at DVD Talk (Aaron Beierle)
The Onion (A.V. Club) (Keith Phipps)
A Trojan horse of a teen comedy that balanced lowbrow gags with subtle humor, genuine insight—Crowe spent a year undercover as a high-school student—and pathos. ...read the complete Fast Times at Ridgemont High movie review at The Onion (A.V. Club) (Keith Phipps)
Movies for Guys
This film is worth owning if just to be able to relive a small part of history whenever the mood strikes. Remember the scene with Phoebe Cates getting out of the pool and removing her ...read the complete Fast Times at Ridgemont High movie review at Movies for Guys
filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
What, you ask, is this movie of movies? This one which you've heard about? It's an eighties thing, with not much appeal for the modern troupe because its slower paced, less funny, than what you might see today. But, like a lot of eighties movies, it ...read the complete Fast Times at Ridgemont High movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Cameron Crowe (Say Anything) and Amy Heckerling (Clueless) would both go on to make better movies about the teen experience, but this old war horse is the one that essentially started it all. Apparently, there was so much talent lying around this ...read the complete Fast Times at Ridgemont High movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
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