Release Date: 1983
DVD Release Date: November 21st, 2000
R|1 hr 38 min
Plot Summary
Naive Midwestern prep student Jonathan (Andrew McCarthy) bonds with his more worldly roommate, Skip (Rob Lowe), who takes the small-town boy under his wing. At Skip's urging, the inexperienced Jonathan is emboldened to seek out older women in the cocktail lounges of nearby Chicago, where he meets and beds the alluring Ellen (Jacqueline Bisset), who unfortunately turns out to be Skip's mother. The division between the friends is further deepened when a cheating scandal engulfs the school.
Cast: Jacqueline Bisset, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Cliff Robertson, Stuart Margolin, John Cusack, Alan Ruck, Rodney Pearson
Director: Lewis John Carlino
Genres: Comedy drama
Production Co: Orion Pictures
Keywords: Mother, Brash, Friendship, 1980s, Father, Growing up, Forbidden love, School, Bar
