Fast Times at Ridgemont High The Rewatchables
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High

What’s Aged the Best?

The concise runtime, mall, character details and cast remain strengths.

In the discussion (7)
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  • A ninety-minute school-year story and mall setting are celebrated, including a joking combination of both.
  • The mirror monologue, record store and the girls’ sisterlike dynamic are praised, with objections to the advice deferred.
  • The soundtrack, genre, girls’ agency, cast, character, handwritten notebooks and end credits are strengths.
  • The poster-filled bedroom is considered unusually realistic, including its mini bar; Almost Famous offers another good bedroom.
  • The charming but disreputable character, VW vans and the explicit guy code are discussed; easy forgiveness is deferred as a nitpick.
  • The flying-in-for-games joke, claims of friendship with the athlete, and honor-roll qualifications are favorites; one line reportedly came from Glenn Fry.
  • A reported real cannabis scene, the surfing fantasy and substitution for an unwilling talk-show host are discussed. The bedroom and smell of copied handouts evoke nostalgia.