This is an insane movie that is so rooted in the time it came out. Watching this for the first time with 2020 eyes, i can only see every character (except for Leslie and Wendy) as certifiable psychotic. If I had seen this in the 90s at a young age, I would have really felt for the Emilio Estevez character, but now he is just a crazy stalker that Andie McDowell partially indulges. I then would have really aligned with Andrew McCarthy, but even he gets crazy by the end. You can easily see how this film told people that certain predatory actions are acceptable, considering how everyone is still friends by the end even though Rob Lowe totally tries to rape Demi Moore. Demi’s character’s attempt of suicide is on a Sylvia Plath level, but I ultimately dug her story as an inability to cope with the relationship and death of her step-mother. Ally Sheedy is at her most cute and honestly is the best character in the film. I also feel like Michael Zegen modeled his MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL character entirely off of Judd Nelson in this, but again he is a jackass too.
