Class (1983)
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25% of critics liked it
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46% of users liked it
(6,879 ratings)
With a plot that is a cross between a teen, low-brow farce and a coming-of-age story, Class opens with scenes of two best friends -- nerdy whiz Jonathan (Andrew McCarthy) and carefree jock Skip (Rob Lowe) -- going around in lingerie; they also barf on a double date, break into a quiet meeting at a… More With a plot that is a cross between a teen, low-brow farce and a coming-of-age story, Class opens with scenes of two best friends -- nerdy whiz Jonathan (Andrew McCarthy) and carefree jock Skip (Rob Lowe) -- going around in lingerie; they also barf on a double date, break into a quiet meeting at a girls' school, and generally behave as emotional throwbacks. But when the nerd Jonathan is picked up in a Chicago bar by Skip's mother Ellen (Jacqueline Bisset), the tone changes completely. The affair between the student and the older woman is torrid until they rendezvous in New York and Ellen dumps Jonathan because she finds out he is not a Ph.D. candidate from Northwestern University. Meanwhile, Jonathan does not know who Ellen is until Skip brings him home for the Christmas holidays and the two clandestine, September-May ex-lovers come face to face with the truth. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Directed By
- Lewis John Carlino
- Written By
- Jim Kouf, David Greenwalt
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Comedy
R,
- In Theaters
- Jul 22, 1983 Wide
- Studio
- MGM
Critic Reviews
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Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com
Director Laurent Cantet has pulled together a story that feels startlingly authentic, using Mike Leigh-like methods of extensive improvisation with a cast of real inner-city kids and a real teacher. To paraphrase the Buck Owens/Beatles hit, all they had
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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
An unaffecting and derivative movie.
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Cast
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Rob Lowe
as Skip
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Jacqueline Bisset
as Ellen
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Andrew McCarthy
as Jonathan
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Stuart Margolin
as Balaban
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Cliff Robertson
as Mr. Burroughs
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John Cusack
as Roscoe
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Alan Ruck
as Roger
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Rodney Pearson
as Allen
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Virginia Madsen
as Lisa
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Deborah Thalberg
as Susan
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Mike Bacarella
as Man (Beer can)
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Dick Cusack
as Chaplain Baker
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Joan Cusack
as Julia
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Lolita Davidovich
as 1st Girl (motel)
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Anna Maria Horsford
as Maggie
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Gary Houston
as Salesman
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John Kapelos
as Bellman
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Lance Kinsey
as Dog Trainer
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Virginia Morris
as Mrs. Delowie
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Bruce Norris
as Student
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Fern Persons
as Headmistress DeBroul
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Remak Ramsay
as Kennedy
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Maria Ricossa
as Table Friend
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Casey Siemaszko
as Doug
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Aaron Douglas Zuber
as Barry
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Dean Hill
as Bar Patron
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Wayne Kneeland
as Student
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Meg Thalken
as Bar Patron
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Bruno Aclin
as Bartender
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Hal Frank
as Schneider
- Nancy Serlin
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George Womack
as Liquor Store Proprietor
