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Class (1983)

Rate: 5
Viewed: 1/24

Class83
1/24: So...that's how it is for the rich people in Class, huh?

Well, you can't unsee this: Rob Lowe and Andrew McCarthy in women's bras and underwear. But it served as a signal of what's to come which caught me totally off-guard. For an hour, I was thinking, "Yeah, okay...so, what's the plot here?" Then, the damning twist revealed itself despite the display of gross behavior that's put on by the frat boys.

That's the movie right there only that I'm disappointed with the outcome. So, all Skip can do is laugh about it and still be friends with Jonathan in spite of him having slept with his mother. Um, right...carry on, I guess. Then again, it explains why Skip is fucked in the head: the drugs, the drinking, and the stupid pranks. I think the filmmakers wanted to make the perverted plot easier to swallow by mixing in the elements of 80's light comedy. As a result, the ending comes off as awkward.

Honestly, there's a lot of potential to begin with. The structure should be kept as it is: Jonathan unknowingly sleeps with Skip's mother and has a rude awakening later at the mansion and Skip somehow finds out about it. But this time: Jonathan stops right there out of embarrassment. The real question of the Greek tragedy is: how will Skip deal with it? That's up to Rob Lowe to figure it out through acting which explains why Timothy Hutton ended up winning the Oscar for Ordinary People. However, they cut too much out of Jacqueline Bisset's character who was living a repressed life, but there's no reason to feel sorry for her: she married for his money.

Anyway, it's a solid debut for Rob Lowe and Andrew McCarthy as the latter gave the performance of his career yet continued to repeat the same trademarks to death. There are first-timers, too, such as John Cusack, Lolita Davidovich, and Virginia Madsen (she's the one who exposed her breasts during the get-together for the dance committee; that's her character's fault for starting the fracas which serves as an excuse for the nudity). Alan Ruck can be instantly recognized as Ferris Bueller's best friend.

All in all, if the direction could be slightly tweaked, Class would have acquired depth.