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Hammerman Ikon Film Guide

Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1982
**½
Director: Amy Heckerling
Cast: Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Liegh, Judge Reinhold, Robert Romanus

Cameron Crowe scripted this watchable high school comedy. It has girls who want to get laid because they feel they should and boys who want to get laid. One could enjoy the film more if it wasn't so two-faced about its message: it's very frank about matters such as abortion and masturbation, but it also portrays all sexual experiences as unpleasant and disastrous.