Loverboy (1989)

Truly the brightest star in the Patrick Dempsey firmament, "Loverboy" stands out as one of the more enjoyable teen comedies from the 80's. While the subject matter is a little more risque than most teen movies from the era, it is handled in a fun manner, and gets across a good message in the end. Well, okay, maybe it's not such a positive message, but it's still a lot of fun, and has a great supporting cast, including Carrie Fisher in her 6th best movie ever.

Fmovies: Very enjoyable movie from start to finish, starring Patrick Dempsey, an 80s icon. Great scenes, funny dialogue. Tony the Italian and his quest for Randy's mother are classic. I have many anchovies for you! A father's worst nightmare, "And you always think its the other guy." Kirstie Alley pre weight gain. A must see for any guy, you might actually pick up a few pointers. Alex, is the sexy older lady who puts out the 411 on the Love Doctor of Beverly HIlls. $200 for a pizza delivery with extra anchovies. Intruder alert, violator, violator, run papa. The under-appreciated wives gets back at their husbands. The hotty mom with the swimming pool, just great storytelling. The dream or shall I say nightmare with Doctor Reed Palmer. Stands the test of time.

I realize that this movie is not quite Oscar worthy, but it is definitely my favorite of all time. It is great if you need cheering up or if you're just in the mood for a laugh. I highly recommend purchasing this movie...it is a must for all movie collections. Wow, the way I'm promoting it, you'd think I owned the rights or something! :)

Loverboy fmovies. One of those fun silly teen 80's movies, that brings out a lot of memories. Funny when I see Dempsey creeping towards 50 now and how he still has his boyish looks.

I am a huge fan of both Kate Jackson and Kirstie Alley, nice to see both women in this movie, Kate from 'Charlie's Angels' and Kirstie's career was really taking off between 'Cheers' and the 'Look Who's Talking' movies and, working with hunky Mark Harmon a second time in 'Summer School'.

I just enjoy goofy comedies in general and 'Loverboy' fit the bill every time. It looked like all of the actors were having a good time filming.

For someone growing up in the 80's as a teen this movie is a guilty pleasure and I highly recommend it.

I really liked this movie. I thought it was very humorous and had a nice plot with many plot twists. Many well known actresses with cameo roles. I believe it's Lisa Kudrow playing Tony's girlfriend. Am I wrong? She is not credited. It may be her first role. Anyways, I recommend this movie to anyone who loves a good 80's teenage sex movie in the vain of the Valley Girl, Better Off Dead and Fast Times.

This was one of three romance comedies (along with In The Mood and Can't Buy Me Love) that Patrick Dempsey starred in around '87 and '88 about a young guy who knows who he wants to be with, he just can't seem to figure it out at first.

Loverboy, actually, is a plot very similar to In The Mood because it deals with a young man "wooing" older women and eventually, they teach him something about love that he will help appreciate a young girlfriend, when he finds one.

Loverboy concerns the story of hot shot Randy Bodek (Dempsey). Things aren't going well. His girlfriend, Jenny (Nancy Valen), thinks he's ashamed of her because he won't tell his parents that he's living with her. But Randy doesn't want to bring up live-in girlfriends to his folks yet because they're about to be baffled by a near flunking report card. So needless to say, Randy is on the brink with both his girlfriend and his parents. His dad refuses to pay Randy's tuition for the next semester, so, as Randy says, "I'm going to start me real life, how hard can that be?" But Randy is in for a rude awakening.

What started out as a pizza delivery job at Senor Pizza turns into Randy's goal to earn enough cash to get back into school and patch things up with Jenny. Things aren't so simple once Randy meets Alex Barnett (Barbara Carerra) an elegant, but mysterious woman who Randy spends some time with. Randy Bodek suddenly becomes "the love doctor of Beverly Hills" (according to his goofy friend, Sal) because now he is being personally called on to deliver anchovi pizzas (the codeword) to the rich, lonely housewives. It seems quite shallow, but Randy's agenda hardly ever includes sleeping with the women. They just want a guy to spend time with them and get some affection from when their work-a-holic or cheating husbands have neglected them. Randy gets an unusual education in, pardon the cliche, what women want.

It's a pretty funny movie because Randy has to hide his new reputation from his parents and nearly everyone else, so it leads to some hastily investigated conclusions as to what Randy might be up to. Plus, Randy, a pretty wimpy looking guy, must also hide from eager husbands looking to put the kid out of business, just as soon as they can figure out what it is that is making their wives all of sudden cheerful.

It's good stuff, lazy Saturday afternoon type comedy with a good cast--Patrick Dempsey, Barbara Carerra, E.G. Daily, Kirstie Alley, Carie Fisher, and my favorite Bernie Coulson (he plays Sal). It is a funny movie about one guy's strange attempt to show his girlfriend that he cares about her. But in all honesty, I would recommend watching 'In the Mood' first, as that is the better of these two similar stories.