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Loverboy ** (1989, Patrick Dempsey, Kate Jackson, Kirstie Alley, Carrie Fisher, Robert Ginty, Nancy Valen, Barbara Carrera, Dylan Walsh) – Classic Movie Review 5807

Director Joan Micklin Silver’s 1989 romantic comedy stars the fresh young Patrick Dempsey as rebellious college slacker turned pizza delivery boy Randy Bodek (!), who woos mature, frustrated Beverly Hills ladies, in this slow-delivering sitcom, slightly mishandled by director Silver.

Randy loves and lives with his girlfriend Jenny Gordon (Nancy Valen), but hasn’t told his disgruntled parents, Diane and Joe Bodek (Kate Jackson, Robert Ginty), fed up with his slacker ways. While earning minimum wage as delivery guy at Señor Pizza, he meets beautiful, older woman Alex Barnett (Barbara Carrera), who seduces him and gives him $200 to help him get back to college after dad stops his funding. This starts Randy’s lucrative and popular new career path.

Fortunately, there is indeed a little slice of charm from the appealing star, and a flash of pleasure in seeing Kirstie Alley, Kate Jackson, Barbara Carrera, Dylan Walsh and Carrie Fisher (briefly).

But the main emotion you experience is bewilderment at the disappearance of Silver’s usual incisive wit and wisdom, replaced by much more obvious, populist humour.

With the directing and acting talent right, the fault must be in the unsubtle writing by Robin Schiff (story and screenplay), Tom Ropelewski and Leslie Dixon (screenplay). To be fair, the movie does have its charms though and can be amusing and funny in places.

Also in the cast are Charles Hunter Walsh, Vic Tayback, Bernie Coulson, Ray Girardin, Rob Camilletti, Kim Miyori, Robert Picardo, Peter Koch, Elizabeth Daily, Christopher Cohill, Wayne Collins Jr and Kathryn Spitz.

© Derek Winnert 2017 Classic Movie Review 5807

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