Fast Times At Ridgemont High
Following the lives of a group of teenagers of high school students who upon ending their teenager hood period, struggle against finding a place for them in the world, Jeff Spicoli, who does his best, in order to achieve his dream of being a professional surfer, as he receives help from his professor, who advices him how to pass through such a phase.
24 November 1960, Manhattan Beach, California, USA
30 June 1961, USA
24 October 1954
6 March 1967, Joplin, Missouri, USA
8 February 1962, Freehold, New Jersey, USA
13 November 1952
16 March 1954, San Francisco, California, USA
17 May 1938, Chicago, Illinois, USA
15 July 1961, Longview, Texas, USA
29 October 1957
17 November 1961, Los Angeles, California, USA
24 October 1954
4 February 1934, North Carolina, USA
17 February 1948, New York City, New York, USA
15 July 1924, USA
27 February 1928, Illinois, USA
7 January 1962, Los Angeles, California, USA
17 July 1956, USA
8 August 1951, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
January 01, 2011
Teen movie is full of sex, drugs, and misbehavior.March 21, 2010
A cult classic.August 07, 2007
Great fun if not quite the great teen pic some believe it to be.September 05, 2013
I'll take something like The Breakfast Club or many of John Hughes films over Crowe's characters any day.July 18, 2007
The nice thing is that Crowe and director Amy Heckerling have provided something pleasant to observe in all of these characters though they really are sadly lacking in anything gripping.January 14, 2015
[VIDEO ESSAY] "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" is a remarkable outlier in the teen movie genre even if tone-deaf critics such as Roger Ebert panned the film upon its released in 1982.July 18, 2007
Was never all it was cracked up to be.March 13, 2009
Director Amy Heckerling has failed to provide the raunch or poignancy that would interest young moviegoers, all of whom have seen American Graffiti and its 467 imitators. Ridgemont High? A nice place to visit, but who would want to transfer there?January 29, 2012
Fast Times is a brilliant, funny and often challenging examination of teenage life in the early 1980s.June 10, 2008
Fast Times will always be remembered for one thing: showing respect for and insight into the members of its core audience, something that was as rare in the 1980s as it is today.January 26, 2006
Lacks the frenzied energy which allowed Porky's to beat all competitors in its field.August 12, 2015
What it doesn't have is a clear point of view, something that would make it of more interest than leafing through a high school yearbook.