Lewis Smith, Jason Gedrick, Jane Kaczmarek

When Bobby dies in a car accident he is not allowed to enter heaven but has to stay in one of the lower levels until he has worked enough as an guardian angel in order to deserve paradise. One of his ...( read more  read more... )jobs is Lenny, a gifted boy, who loves his schoolmate Sharon who is the most beautiful girl of the class. But she does not even notice. Bobby helps Lenny become popular. Thinking that his job is done, Bobby realizes that Lenny's mother is his former girlfriend who has married another guy.

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PG-13, 91 min.

Directed by: Cary Medoway

Release Date: July 26, 1985

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DVD Release Date: November 15, 2005

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  • January 18, 2008
    An 80's classic. It's everything I love about 80's movies.
  • December 25, 2007
    Great!
  • June 13, 2009
    luke...i mean...lenny...i am your father...
  • December 13, 2008
    Seems too predictable.
  • November 1, 2008
    Ayoung greaser-type rebel, Bobby (Lewis Smith) is unable to get out of the car in time & dies in a fiery accident as his car falls over the cliff in 1960s. Bobby learns his new spirit guide Rafferty (Richard Mulligan) needs to earn his ticket as a Guardian angel for nerdy Lenny B...( read more)arnes (Jason Gedrick). Bobby tries to help Lenny to give him makeover to attempt to win the affection of the hottest girl in school, Sharon (Anne Sawyer). Bobby realizes Lenny's mother named Emily Barnes (Jane Kaczmarek) is his former girlfriend is married to the man named Joe Barnes (Mark Metcalf). Bobby learns he is actually Lenny's father. Lenny & Melissa (Nancy Valens).
  • October 25, 2008
    Classic. I dig the leather jacket.
  • September 15, 2008
    GOOD MOVIE WORTH WATCHING
  • August 14, 2008
    A great 80's movie (at least for those who loved the 80's). The one HUGE inconsistency is the time involved. He dies sometime in the 50s, maybe early 60s, but when he comes back for his "assignment" he finds he has a teenage son attending highschool in the 80s when he should be m...( read more)ore like 30 years old. But, remove that fact and the movie is sound and nothing really changes. If you loved the 80s, and movies like Big and Mannequin, you will like this movie.
  • July 30, 2008
    BLITHER BLITHER BLITHER!
  • July 13, 2008
    This is yet another show I watched a kid I was 13 when it came out. Think I will rewatch as an adult again

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  • SeleneBlack
    March 27, 2007
    My childhood wouldn't has been the same without those kind of films...

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