Just One of the Guys (1985)

Regisseur:

Lisa Gottlieb

Drehbuchautoren:

Dennis Feldman (screenplay) and
Jeff Franklin (screenplay) ...

Premierendatum:

26. April 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie | Romanze

Werbezeile:

Terry Griffith is about to go where no woman has gone before.

Plot:

Terry Griffith has got it all -- looks, popularity, the perfect college boyfriend, and an article that's...

Plot Keywords:

Assumed Identity | Shower Room | Sexism | Masturbation | High School

Auszeichnungen:

3 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

The Battle of the Sexes Takes an Interesting Turn

Besetzung

Joyce Hyser	...	Terry Griffith
Clayton Rohner	...	Rick Morehouse
Billy Jayne	...	Buddy Griffith (as Billy Jacoby)
Toni Hudson	...	Denise
William Zabka	...	Greg Tolan
Leigh McCloskey	...	Kevin
Sherilyn Fenn	...	Sandy
Deborah Goodrich	...	Deborah
Arye Gross	...	Willie
Robert Fieldsteel	...	Phil
Stuart Charno	...	Reptile
John Apicella	...	Coach Mickey Morrison
Kenneth Tigar	...	Mr. Raymaker
Steven Basil	...	Mark (as Steve Basil)
J. Williams	...	Julian & Prom Band - Brock / Davis

Alternativ:

Als Junge ist sie Spitze (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

90 Min | Sweden:100 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Tonverfahren:

Dolby

Altersfreigabe:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Iceland:L | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Sweden:11 | USA:PG-13 | West Germany:12 | UK:15

Drehorte:

Arcadia, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Firma:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Dies und das:

Sandy mentions that Terry looks like the Karate Kid. William Zabka, playing school bully Greg, appeared as the bully in The Karate Kid (1984).

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: When Terry reveals her breasts to Rick, she is obviously not wearing a bra. A few seconds later, the lace of a bra is visible beneath her shirt.

Dialogzitate:

Terry: I'm just so confused.
Buddy: Of course you're confused. You're wearing my underwear.

Querbezüge:

Nimmt Bezug auf "The Love Boat" (1977)

Soundtrack:

Girls Got Something Boys Ain't Got

The Battle of the Sexes Takes an Interesting Turn

Just One of the Guys is classic 80s b-teen comedy. Even though it is utterly dated, it is still a great comedy with a good story, good performances, and a good soundtrack.

Joyce Hyser is Terry, an aspiring journalist who wants very desperately to get a summer internship at the local newspaper office. Except, her article on the school cafateria's food selection, wasn't selected for submission. Even though her teacher tries to explain that her writing skills are good, it was just boring content, she is convinced her article being refused has something to do with her gender. She embarks on a misguided attempt to engage in a battle of the sexes in that "anything you can do, I can do better" kind of way.

So, with her parents out of town and a neighboring high school not seeming to require any registration information (or her present high school asking any information regarding her two week absent during her experiment), she easily poses as Terrence, a guy who will write an article and submit it and prove that there is preferential treatment being practiced in the contest.

But, as Terrence, her experiences in the experiment soon become the subject of her article.

First, are the obviously difficulties of a girl posing as a guy at a high school, and the most obvious examples come from the scenes of Terry in gym class. She has to figure out how to change in the lockeroom without other guys finding out. She has to find ways of getting out of gym class and the possibility of playing "shirts" vs "skins" games. And so forth.

Second, she starts falling in love with Rick (Clayton Rohner), a cute quiet guy who she tries to help get a date and fix up his appearance and personality. This leads to problems when girls, convinced that Terry is really a guy, start falling for her. Particularly, the nymphomaniac, Sandy, played by Sherylin Fenn. It also leads to some moments where Terry risks exposing her identity in the few times she wants to lean over and kiss him.

Third, Terry starts to have problems with her jerky boyfriend who just wants to fool around everytime he comes over and only feigning interest in Terry's current social and academic problems.

And fourth, both Terry and Rick face their share of confrontations with a food-tossing bully named Greg (Billy Zabka).

80s teen movie fans are sure to enjoy this movie. Unfortunately, it is not one that seems to have gotten enough recognition this days, at least when compared to movies like Better Off Dead, The Sure Thing, the John Hughes movies, and others which have been revived recently. Despite a few shortfalls (Joyce Hyser's whining in the beginning), this movie is just as entertaining as those. Plus, that gorgeous Bobby Jacoby as Terry's oversexed younger brother, Buddy; 80s teen favorite Billy Zabka as Greg; and soft-spoken Clayton Rhoner as Rick, all give great performances. I highly recommend it for teenagers and fans of the 80s teen genre.