College sophomore Randy Bodek is unfocused. The only thing he knows is that he loves his roommate, Jenny Gordon, who feels unappreciated as other things in his life seem to take precedence ...
See full summary »
We find out if the stars of Someone Great are guilty or not guilty of some of our favorite breakup movie tropes.
Related News
-
The Best Loverboy Songs of All-Time
09 January 2019 | TVovermind.com -
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #130. Heidi – Catalin Mitulescu
01 January 2019 | IONCINEMA.com -
How Axs TV Is Making Music Television for the ‘Salt And Pepper Demo’
04 December 2018 | Variety
User Lists
Related lists from IMDb users
Share this Rating
Title: Loverboy (1989)
Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.
Learn more
More Like This
Can't Buy Me Love
(1987)
Comedy
|
Drama
|
Romance
Director:
Steve Rash
Stars:
Patrick Dempsey,
Amanda Peterson,
Courtney Gains
Summer School
(1987)
Comedy
|
Romance
Director:
Carl Reiner
Stars:
Mark Harmon,
Kirstie Alley,
Robin Thomas
Just One of the Guys
(1985)
Comedy
|
Romance
Director:
Lisa Gottlieb
Stars:
Joyce Hyser,
Clayton Rohner,
Billy Jayne
Happy Together
(1989)
Comedy
|
Romance
Director:
Mel Damski
Stars:
Patrick Dempsey,
Helen Slater,
Dan Schneider
Some Girls
(1988)
Comedy
|
Drama
|
Fantasy
Director:
Michael Hoffman
Stars:
Patrick Dempsey,
Jennifer Connelly,
Sheila Kelley
License to Drive
(1988)
Comedy
Director:
Greg Beeman
Stars:
Corey Haim,
Corey Feldman,
Carol Kane
Heaven Help Us
(1985)
Comedy
|
Drama
|
Romance
Director:
Michael Dinner
Stars:
Donald Sutherland,
Andrew McCarthy,
John Heard
Run
(1991)
Action
|
Drama
|
Thriller
Director:
Geoff Burrowes
Stars:
Patrick Dempsey,
Kelly Preston,
Ken Pogue
Secret Admirer
(1985)
Comedy
|
Romance
Director:
David Greenwalt
Stars:
C. Thomas Howell,
Lori Loughlin,
Kelly Preston
Coupe de Ville
(1990)
Comedy
|
Drama
Director:
Joe Roth
Stars:
Patrick Dempsey,
Arye Gross,
Daniel Stern
Better Off Dead...
(1985)
Comedy
|
Romance
Director:
Savage Steve Holland
Stars:
John Cusack,
David Ogden Stiers,
Kim Darby
One Crazy Summer
(1986)
Comedy
|
Romance
Director:
Savage Steve Holland
Stars:
John Cusack,
Demi Moore,
Linda Warren
Edit
Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Patrick Dempsey | ... | Randy Bodek | |
| Kate Jackson | ... | Diane Bodek | |
| Robert Ginty | ... | Joe Bodek | |
| Nancy Valen | ... | Jenny Gordon | |
| Dylan Walsh | ... | Jory Talbot (as Charles Hunter Walsh) | |
| Barbara Carrera | ... | Alex Barnett | |
| Bernie Coulson | ... | Sal | |
 |
Ray Girardin | ... | Henry |
|
|
Rob Camilletti | ... | Tony (as Robert Camilletti) |
| Vic Tayback | ... | Harry Bruckner | |
| Kim Miyori | ... | Kyoko Bruckner | |
| Robert Picardo | ... | Dr. Reed Palmer | |
| Kirstie Alley | ... | Dr. Joyce Palmer | |
| Peter Koch | ... | Claude Delancy | |
| Carrie Fisher | ... | Monica Delancy | |
Edit
Plot Summary
|
Add Synopsis
Storyline
College sophomore Randy Bodek is unfocused. The only thing he knows is that he loves his roommate, Jenny Gordon, who feels unappreciated as other things in his life seem to take precedence over her. He hasn't even told his parents, Diane and Joe Bodek, that he is living with a female, let alone a significant other. As such, Jenny breaks up with him at the end of the semester. While Randy is home during the summer break, Joe, against Diane's wishes, decides not to fund Randy's college education anymore as he is flunking all his classes, and hasn't yet declared a major. Not knowing what to do besides try to get back to college if only to be with Jenny, Randy gets a minimum wage job as a delivery guy at a pizza joint. During the course of his job, he meets Alex Barnett, a beautiful, older, sophisticated woman who likes pizzas with extra anchovies. To his surprise, she seduces him, after their sexual encounter which she gives him $200 to help him get back to college. Without telling him, ... Written by Huggo
Taglines:
There are a lot of hungry housewives in Beverly Hills. Some of them even like pizza. See more »Genres:
ComedyParents Guide:
View content advisory »
Edit
Edit
See more on IMDbPro »
See full technical specs »
Details
Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
28 April 1989 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Ljubavnik See more »Edit
Box Office
Gross USA:
$3,960,327Company Credits
Show more on
IMDbPro »
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Sound Mix:
DolbyColor:
Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
Edit
Joe Bodek: I'm a happily married man, Harry. At least, I used to be.
See more »
Written by Mitchell Parish and Leroy Anderson
Performed by the Claudius Alzner Orchestra
Courtesy of Fiesta Record Co., Inc. and Turicaphon AG
See more »
Did You Know?
Trivia
An August 1985 issue of sports illustrated with Bernie Kosar is on the Bodek coffee table. See more »Goofs
The inflatable lobster that Randy lands on after jumping out of the motel window goes from being inflated to deflated back to inflated between shots. See more »Quotes
Harry Bruckner: [of Joe's secretary] Hey, that's not bad. Porkin' her?Joe Bodek: I'm a happily married man, Harry. At least, I used to be.
See more »
Connections
Referenced in Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return: Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II (2017) See more »Soundtracks
Blue TangoWritten by Mitchell Parish and Leroy Anderson
Performed by the Claudius Alzner Orchestra
Courtesy of Fiesta Record Co., Inc. and Turicaphon AG
See more »
On IMDb Freedive, you can catch Hollywood hits and popular TV series at no cost. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free!
Explore popular and recently added TV series available to stream now with Prime Video.
While not doing anything particularly well, Loverboy won me over by the sheer lunacy of the plot. Guy breaks up with girl, needs money, delivers pizzas, becomes male hooker.... You get the point. It's so dumb that I love it. Patrick Dempsey is surprisingly good in this movie playing the naive, bumbling gigolo who stumbles into his new job. It's worth watching on cable.