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Sophomoric
Jonathan (Andrew McCarthy), a naive country boy, earns a scholarship to a classy prep school. His roommate, the handsome prankster Franklin “Skip” Burroughs IV (Rob Lowe), decides that Jonathan needs to learn his virginity so he sends Jonathan to Chicago, where Jonathan meets Ellen (Jacqueline Bisset), a beautiful mature woman. They begin a passionate affair but when Ellen discovers Jonathan is only 17 years old, she disappears.
Skip invites Jonathan to spend Christmas break with his family and Jonathan discovers that Ellen is Skip’s mother.
Others in the cast include Cliff Robertson as Skip’s father; Stuart Margolin as Balaban who is investigating possible cheating on the SAT; John Cusack, Alan Ruck, Virginia Madsen, Deborah Thalberg, Anna Maria Horsford, and Joan Cusack as Skip and Jonathan’s friends; Lolita Davidovich as a wasted girl; and Dick Cusack as the chaplain.
Directed by Lewis John Carlino.
Run time: 1 hour, 38 minutes
Rated R.
My personal rating: C+, but fun to see the debut roles of several young actors who continue in the industry today
Jonathan (Andrew McCarthy), a naive country boy, earns a scholarship to a classy prep school. His roommate, the handsome prankster Franklin “Skip” Burroughs IV (Rob Lowe), decides that Jonathan needs to learn his virginity so he sends Jonathan to Chicago, where Jonathan meets Ellen (Jacqueline Bisset), a beautiful mature woman. They begin a passionate affair but when Ellen discovers Jonathan is only 17 years old, she disappears.
Skip invites Jonathan to spend Christmas break with his family and Jonathan discovers that Ellen is Skip’s mother.
Others in the cast include Cliff Robertson as Skip’s father; Stuart Margolin as Balaban who is investigating possible cheating on the SAT; John Cusack, Alan Ruck, Virginia Madsen, Deborah Thalberg, Anna Maria Horsford, and Joan Cusack as Skip and Jonathan’s friends; Lolita Davidovich as a wasted girl; and Dick Cusack as the chaplain.
Directed by Lewis John Carlino.
Run time: 1 hour, 38 minutes
Rated R.
My personal rating: C+, but fun to see the debut roles of several young actors who continue in the industry today
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