Reform School Girl (TV 1994)

Donna is sent to a reform school to take the fall for bad boy Vince. Inside, she makes friends and learns about herself.

Director:

Jonathan Kaplan

Writers:

Edward Bernds (motion picture Reform School Girls), Edward Bernds (story),

Stars:

Aimee Graham, Teresa DiSpina, Matt LeBlanc

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Aimee Graham	...	Donna Patterson
Teresa DiSpina	...	Carmen Pena
Matt LeBlanc	...	Vince
Carolyn Seymour	...	Mrs. Evelyn Turnbull
Eleanor O'Brien	...	Angela 'Dink' Dinkens
Samaria Graham	...	Priscilla Wells
Marissa Ribisi	...	Joanie Dubois
Erin Leshawn Wiley	...	Mona Smith
Catherine Paolone	...	Matron Miriam Mather
Nick Chinlund	...	Dr. Ted Meeks
Lynn Eastman-Rossi	...	Home Ec. Teacher (as Lynn Eastman)
Dino Anello	...	Coach Buxbaum
Harry Northup	...	Uncle Charlie
Ashley Lister	...	Kathy Patterson
Bill Calvert	...	Gary

Storyline

She does more than just make friends while inside, she starts a lesbian love affair that draws the wrath of the warden, an ex-Olympic athlete who looks for track and field capabilities in her girls. Meanwhile the rat of a boy friend she protected threatens her younger sister to force her to maintain her silence.

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Plot Keywords:

lesbian | female nudity | female female kiss | bare breasts | female protagonist | 

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Taglines:

She Was In The Wrong Place At The Wrong Time

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Genres:

Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language, some sexuality and nudity

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 September 1994 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Rapariga do Reformatório

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Edited into Rebel Highway: Reform School Girl (1994)

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Soundtracks

"Hip Twist"
Written by Robert Sharples (as R. Sharples)

User Reviews

An enjoyable genre romp

You might expect a made-for-TV remake of a 1950's exploitation flick to be a camp spoof but instead it turns out to be a rather enjoyable, if simplistic, prison movie.

The tone is little uneven, with some of the older actors playing up the melodrama while the younger cast members take it all seriously, but the result is an enjoyable genre romp. Pre-Friends Matt LeBlanc plays the bad-boy teen Vince who leads innocent schoolgirl Donna (Aimee Graham) astray and gives an insight to how his career might have developed if he hadn't been forever entwined with the character of Joey. The most surprising aspect is the tender lesbian love scene between Donna and Carmen (Teresa DiSpina). Fairly explicit and very erotic it is the outstanding scene in the film and totally unexpected in a US TV drama.

It's is true to say to say that the story is fairly shallow and trite but this is pulp fiction not Shakespeare and the film is never less than entertaining. This review is based on the version aired on UK television with a running time of around 6 minutes less than the 85 minutes shown at IMDb.