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Title: Private Resort (1985)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Rob Morrow | ... | Ben | |
| Johnny Depp | ... | Jack | |
| Emily Longstreth | ... | Patti | |
| Karyn O'Bryan | ... | Dana | |
| Hector Elizondo | ... | The Maestro | |
| Dody Goodman | ... | Mrs. Rawlings | |
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Tony Azito | ... | Reeves |
| Hilary Shepard | ... | Shirley (as Hilary Shapiro) | |
| Leslie Easterbrook | ... | Bobbie Sue | |
| Michael Bowen | ... | Scott | |
| Lisa London | ... | Alice | |
| Andrew Dice Clay | ... | Curt (as Andrew Clay) | |
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Ronald E. House | ... | The Barber (as Ron House) |
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Christopher Wynne | ... | Mike (as Greg Wynne) |
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Nora Gaye | ... | Kelly |
The story of two adolescent boys who are guests at a Florida resort for the week-end. Their only interest is, of course, chasing girls, but fate has much more in store for them. Written by Anonymous
I knew nothing of this film before I saw it. It was a free "On Demand" film from Comcast. I didn't even know Johnny Depp was in it. I thought the plot description (which was vague) sounded like every other girl-crazy sex comedy released after "Animal House," and I got what I expected.
To be fair this is entertaining. No, it's not a great movie. It's not very well made. It's crude. It's sexist. It's all about sex.
But that's exactly what it's supposed to be. Graded by the standards of its genre, it works.
It's about two kids (one of whom is played by Johnny Depp) who gain access to a private resort in the middle of the Caribbean (presumably). There's no backdrop. We don't even know how they got in to the resort. And they look about 16, so it's odd to see them going after women in their 30s and 40s (sometimes succeeding).
Depp wasn't famous yet (correct me if I'm wrong but this was his first starring role in a film to speak of?) and this certainly didn't help boost his career (he took a considerably smaller role in Oliver Stone's "Platoon" the year after) but he displays charisma and good charm that would carry on into his later movies.
The film's take-it-as-it-is attitude makes it entertaining. It's a simple sex comedy with crude laughs and running gags, a lot of which aren't very funny, a few of which are, almost all of which are at the least amusing.
Worth catching if you see it on cable some time.