Fast Times at Ridgemont High - 3 stars out of 5 stars

Released in 1982 and running 90 minutes this film is nothing like MY HS days.The film is dated and its upper middle class and suburban where I was lower middle class and urban and 15 years earlier.So i can't relate and I'm sure no one day can ether thats why I took 1 and 1/2 stars off.That said the film is well acted and full of cliches,some funny and some not so much.Sort of a less wild HS version of animal house in some ways but not made to be as outlandishly humorous as that film was.Three standout scenes for all time.    Sean Penn as drugged out surfer Jeff Spicoli ordering PIZZA in Ray Walston as Mr. Hand's class, Phoebe Cates as Linda Barrett instructing Jennifer Jason Leigh as Stacy Hamilton on how to give a BJ using a carrot,and finally Judge Reinhold as Brad Hamilton ,masturbating in the bathroom to a image he had of Linda.All three scenes are worthy of a homage to Animal house.Although the acting works well and the music rocks,the story is like,who cares,get over it spoiled brats.See it once for historical reference.
Trailer URL below the pix and a IMDB summary below.

Follows a group of high school students growing up in southern California, based on the real-life adventures chronicled by Cameron Crowe. Stacy Hamilton and Mark Ratner are looking for a love interest, and are helped along by their older classmates, Linda Barrett and Mike Damone, respectively. The center of the film is held by Jeff Spicoli, a perpetually stoned surfer dude who faces off with the resolute Mr. Hand, who is convinced that everyone is on dope. Written by Rick Gregory <rag.apa@email.apa.org> 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhUfmDGdK7M