Boys and Girls

As we all know, any teen comedies made in the 90s, or for that matter, ANY teen comedies ever made, that are not directed by John Hughes and/or star Molly Ringwald are mindless pieces of teenage drivel. And this time, it stars Freddie Prinze, Jr. And the fact that a 'Breakfast Club' poster is hidden in the background doesn't help it in any way possible.
The plot, and by 'plot', I mean recycled material from other teen movies, revolves around nerd Ryan (Prinze, Jr.) and hottie/free spirit Jennifer (Claire Forlani, of 'Mallrats' fame), both in their mid and late twenties, try to pass off as teenagers who keep meeting each other year after year and apparently hate each other, or whatever their poor acting skills were trying to prove.
Anyhoo, they start college, where Fred's girlfriend (played by goddess Alyson Hannigan, who does a better job at playing a geek than Prinzey boy) coincidentally leaves for Seattle, and is never seen again for the rest of the movie. Since Fred has glasses, he's defined as a 'nerd', and, by teen movie standards, his roommate has to be a geekishly wacky slacker-poindexter, the complete opposite of the other roomie. Jason Biggs (who was smart enough to choose Alyson Hannigan over Shannon Elizabeth in 'American Pie 2', unlike Prinzey boy, who would much rather have an American-accented Claire Forlani) nails the role of a dorky loser with dead-on perfection.
Since the two characters are teenage hearttrobs and they meet each other, we all know that they're gonna fall in love. And since this is a PG-13 movie, nothing good is shown, with the exception of a goatee Freddie Prinze, Jr. has in one scene that looks a lot like pubic hair. The plot just sort of lost me after that, because my brain was dribbling out my ears after I saw a choreographed dance sequence take place in the middle of the movie. But we all know how it's gonna end: they're all gonna live happily ever after...until the next teen movie they're in, if you can call two thirty year olds playing teenagers a teen movie.
Overall, this movie [is bad]: the horrible soundtrack, Claire Forlani's teenager with liver spots, Amanda Detmer as a whiny[...], Freddie Prinze, Jr., a horrible plot, horrible acting... God, I hate this movie. I couldn't even come up with witty comments for this movie, it's scarred me so badly. Ergh. The only thing that makes this movie good is Alyson Hannigan, and she's only in it for three seconds. If you've seen a teen movie, you don't need to see this movie. And despite what Claire Forlani says, Susan Sarandon does NOT have the best [...], or at least not in 1983.

Love,
Muttz!

I finally got around to renting this movie, and thought it was very enjoyable. Similar to "When Harry Met Sally....," but of course no where nearly as great as that classic, superlative film. But still quite pleasant. Leonard Maltin, with whom I usually agree, rated this movie BOMB -- he is absolutely, unequivocally WRONG.

However, after renting ths movie, I did rent FP, Jr.'s "She's All That," and "Head Over Heels." Maltin liked those movies better than "Boys and Girls," but again, he is WRONG -- those two were the bombs, unfortunately. In fact, despite FP, Jr.'s enjoyable screen presence, they were virtually unwatchable.

"Boys and Girls" is a lovely movie (a bit of a weak performance by Forlani was a bit of a drawback, but the rest of the cast was very good, and so was the writing, and the direction).

I feel certain you will enjoy the lovely "Boys and Girls."