Gutsycurene Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Aubrey Hackett While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

Yash Wade Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

callanvass One thing you'll quickly learn about me is I love anything vintage....especially the 80's. I was born in 1985...so I didn't get to experience the 80's like I wish I could have. I've made up for lost time over the years. I was looking for something interesting to watch a while back and I came across this wonderful, hidden gem. Talk about underrated! It's a great coming of age movie about the pressures of sex, life, and losing your virginity, set in the 1950's. It mirrors the 50's perfectly. The groovy 50's tunes, the outfits, and just everything in general mirrored the 50's almost to perfection. My only real carp is it's pretty crass for the 50's at times and I did wonder about some of the dialog (Some of it seemed way too modern) That's just minor nit-picking and it didn't ruin the experience for me at all. I also loved a lot of the humour. I won't spoil the whole scene...but there is a hilarious scene where one of the main characters gets an erection in class. That almost had me in stitches. The performances are a lot of fun with some terrific eye candy if you're a guy like me. Catharine Mary Stewart, Kelly Preston and Jami Gertz are all gorgeous ladies with some solid acting chops. It was kinda hard to buy Jami Gertz as a nerd, as she is too gorgeous...but she pulled it off well. Doug McKeon (Our virgin hero, Jonathan) and Chris Nash ( Gene Harbrough) are good as the best friends. Doug McKeon is a loveable loser and Chris Nash had some serious shades of James Dean with his rebellious style. The ending is really well done and I was completely satisfied with it. I thought it was fairly realistic and pretty emotional. I'm ittedly, a hopeless romantic...so it got to me. I loved this movie overall. This is a gem you need to seek out as soon as possible. I dare you not to crack a smile or two while you're watching it.8.5/10

EmreBilge There is not much of a story or character development in this movie. The movie leaves you with no clear idea what the real characters of the 4-5 protagonists really are. It gives you not much of a reason to identify with any of them. We don't learn who these people really are, where and how things had started and what they had been doing with their lives aside from the fact that the nerd used to dream about the hottie and the jock is wandering around with no reason. We can forgive the poor beginning in the hopes of an interesting story would follow. Then when the story doesn't improve and becomes interesting over time, this time you would at least start to expect the movie to move faster and see where it goes. But this doesn't materialize, either. Despite the story is poor, pacing is still slow. There is not even enough conversation between the characters as you would expect in this type of movie. And the other characters aside from the 4-5 protagonists had nothing to contribute. The 50s feeling of the movie which is the background setting, drive-in movie theaters, Eisenhower and James Dean references, the classic cars, dresses, the charm of the two leading actresses and the major ing actor and the lovely soundtrack saves the movie. SPOILERS: Especially since the writer didn't bother to build a bond between the nerd and the jock first, the jock's suddenly befriending the nerd and decide in the first day of their acquaintance to shoulder all his problems ends up appearing totally unconvincing. And even though the main theme is suggested to be that, the jock doesn't seem to teach and the nerd doesn't seem to learn and try interesting ways to get the girl to give us an interesting story. So the hottie suddenly liking the nerd and sleeping with him even without any effective effort from the nerd aside from appearing even more bumbling and goofy on the way is also unconvincing. One couldn't understand why and how the hottie would go out with the nerd here. A guy with no confidence, no looks. Not even academic record or nervous but sincere advances by him towards her which the hottie might appear to find cute like we see on many nerd&hottie movies. And it's a pity that even after sleeping with her, even though he still likes her, the nerd still couldn't get some confidence to start a relationship with her, so remains ive and so get dumped by her despite she had asked him out for the prom.

Mr-Fusion "Mischief" started out as just another teen sex comedy, but I found myself sticking with it because of the characters. It rides the raunchy waves into a pretty good teen movie; people grow, relationships fall apart, others strengthen, it's nice. In its favor, it does feature the gorgeous Catherine Mary Stewart, Jami Gertz and Kelly Preston (the latter of whom has one of the most stunning nude scenes I've ever witnessed), and such beauty is no laughing matter.But the movie's greatest asset is its brilliantly realized small- town period. They didn't just set the film in Nelsonville, Ohio, they actually shot it there (how many movies set in Ohio actually film there?). Lends unbelievable authenticity to the time and place. The art department really nailed the malt shop and signage. And with that soundtrack, chock-full of '50s songs, it's like time-traveling without a flux capacitor. That level of immersion just doesn't happen everyday.7/10

Neil Doyle There's a natural wholesomeness to MISCHIEF, even if it does include the kind of sex scene you'd never see in a '40s film, but even so it comes across as surprisingly fresh and natural with a '50s soundtrack of pop songs that fill the background score in appropriate fashion.Acted with zest and skill, it's the tale of a love-struck teen (DOUG McKEON) and his high school romance with one of the prettiest girls (KELLY PRESTON). McKeon's cool best friend is played with style by CHRIS NASH. There's a nice comic flavor to the whole story and a satisfying conclusion when the town bully (D.W. BROWN) gets his comeuppance from an angry McKeon who smashes his Studebaker into Brown's fancy red sports car (front and rear) to make a mess out of it. "That's for Marilyn!" he tells the bully, before he drives off to find a date with someone else.It reminded me of an updated MARGIE ('46) in which Jeanne Crain was the gal in a coming of age story about flaming youth of the '20s. But whereas that film was strictly wholesome with a capital "W", MISCHIEF is grounded in the more realistic mid-'80s with language and sex scenes considerably more risqué than allowed in an earlier period. Still, it manages not to offend and is an enjoyable comedy played with a natural flair for comedy by a talented young cast.With '50s songs like "The Great Pretender" and "Don't Be Cruel" on the soundtrack, it has an authentic '50s flavor that gives it added credibility.