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14 June 1985 (USA) moreTagline:
Toni gave Michael a letter, so he could give Debbie one... morePlot:
On the last day before summer vacations Michael receives a glowing, but anonymous, love-letter. He suspects... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Wonderful teen comedy more (25 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| C. Thomas Howell | ... | Michael Ryan | |
| Kelly Preston | ... | Deborah Anne Fimple | |
| Lori Loughlin | ... | Toni | |
| Fred Ward | ... | Lou Fimple | |
| Dee Wallace | ... | Connie Ryan (as Dee Wallace-Stone) | |
| Leigh Taylor-Young | ... | Elizabeth Fimple | |
| Cliff De Young | ... | George Ryan | |
| Casey Siemaszko | ... | Roger Despard | |
| Geoffrey Blake | ... | Ricardo | |
| Rodney Pearson | ... | Kirkpatrick | |
| Courtney Gains | ... | Doug | |
| J.J. Cohen | ... | Barry | |
| Scott McGinnis | ... | Steve Powers | |
| Corey Haim | ... | Jeff (as Cory Haim) | |
| Michael Menzies | ... | Mr. Simpson |
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90 min | Sweden:97 minCountry:
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Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | UK:15 | Norway:16 | Iceland:L | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A | Australia:M | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:11 | USA:RFun Stuff
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Continuity: When Michael is writing the letter to Debbie the pen he is writing with is yellow with a blue top but in the next shot when he brings the pen up it is clear with a black top. moreQuotes:
Michael: What are you guys doing tonight?Deborah Anne Fimple: Nothing much.
Toni: Kappa Omega party.
Michael: Oh, you mean the homo house?
Deborah Anne Fimple: Well one will crack jokes about others when they are insecure with their own masculinity.
Michael: Oh, I hate guys like that. They're so immature.
Steve Powers: [Steve drives up] Hey beautiful! Want a ride?
Michael: No thanks, Steve. I'll walk.
Deborah Anne Fimple: [sarcastically] Real mature.
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I saw this first when it came out,I was about ten. I watched it again last night. I loved it then and I love it now. The dialogue acting and plot are really good. The characters are all great and fun as well. I noticed the difference between this movie and "teen comedies" made now and it goes like this. Secret Admirer contained, more subtle thoughtful character based humour, characters with a little more chaste morality (even Kelly's jerk jock boyfriend Steve didn't want to cheat), no sluts, plenty of foul language, diverse scene locations, and more intelligent dialogue and plot twists. I liked the characters a lot and the music by Jan Hammer was fantastic and memorable, which makes sense, since Jan Hammer is a bad S.O.B (just listen to Mahavishnu Orchestra and you will know that). I remember that when I was ten I thought that Kelly preston had the greatest breast, and I was right! I still found the movie just as funny as I did then and found the innocence of the characters endearing, in fact I found every scene memorable. Thomas Howell played the party guy in love to a T. Seeing Corey Haim as his little brother made me sad when I think what happened to the poor guy, he was great, very charismatic! You would have thought he had a great future. Bastard drugs! Anyway the humor is constant even at the end when it seems to be getting serious you get a trippy break when Mike asks for directions.
A joy of a film. 10/10.