FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH (1982) - ♦♦♦

Directed by - Any Heckerling

Written by - Cameron Crowe

Starring - Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold

"This film chronicles the lives of a group of teenagers for the duration of a year in high school. It's neither representational of its time, though it's highly romanticised, nor a film that is sensitive to adolescence, with its lack of realism highlighted by some naive dealings of some serious themes. Taken as a thoughtless ride, it has some entertainment values, and there is no doubt about Sean Penn's performance as the perpetually stones surfer being fun."

Comedy, USA