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Porky's
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by 20th Century Fox
Sales Rank: 1105
Price: $9.98
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Reviled by critics and embraced by the public during its initial run (1981), <i>Porky's</i> is interesting to watch after all these years. What holds up about this horny coming-of-age tale is remarkable. Writer/director Bob Clark has little more than sex and practical joking on his mind, and his high school seniors from Angel Beach, Florida, rapidly move from one to the other. Clark displays a sense of timing and, perhaps rarer still, a sense of male friendship--its brutalities and its bonds--that feels right, not artificial. Surprisingly, the showcase practical jokes are still funny: the Everglades encounter with Cherry Forever, the hole in the girls' shower, and Beulah Balbricker, the humongous gym teacher. The comedic set-ups and payoffs surprisingly still work. Clark's insistence on a subplot about anti-Semitism, however, still sticks out as A MESSAGE. Kim Cattrall really got her start here (although almost no one else did) as Ms. Honeywell, a.k.a. "Lassie." Clark later distanced himself from the irritating <i>Porky's</i> sequels and went on to make the wonderful <i>Christmas Story</i>, the tale of a little boy who wants a BB gun for Christmas. <I>--Keith Simanton</I>
Viewer Reviews
.. which is a shame because he is very good. Hold on, he bloody well is in it! I think. No, that was Animal House. Oh well.
Ok, this was borderline "Porkography" to a 15 year old who was yet to witness "boobies" in real life. I like this film which has good set pieces, likeable characters and is well acted. Sadly my later high school and university career ended up being far less jape orientated which was a shame (damn you Porkies for fuelling over-expectation) but neverthe less this is an important film that was the progenitor of many similar films yet few if any were better. I don't compare it to Animal House of course which is the soaring pinnacle of the "Frat" films, and I think that Bachelor Party is funnier, but this is a welcome addition to my 80's classic film collection.
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