Reform School Girl (1994) (TV)

User Rating:

4.6/10   

Director:

Jonathan Kaplan

Writers (WGA):

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

Release Date:

23 September 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

She Was In The Wrong Place At The Wrong Time

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Female Frontal Nudity | Female Nudity | Upskirt | Bare Breasts | Pubic Hair

Cast

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

MPAA:

Rated R for language, some sexuality and nudity.

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:18 | USA:R

Movie Connections:

References Reform School Girl (1957)

Soundtrack:

Little Mike

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.