Director Laurent Cantet has pulled together a story that feels startlingly authentic, using Mike Leigh-like methods of extensive improvisation with a cast of real inner-city kids and a real teacher. To paraphrase the Buck Owens/Beatles hit, all they had
Class
The good news is Jonathan's having his first affair. The bad news is she's his roommate's mother.
1983 · 1h 38m · R
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Lewis John Carlino
Overview
Naive Midwestern prep student Jonathan bonds with his more worldly roommate, Skip, 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, who unfortunately turns out to be Skip's mother. The division between the friends is further deepened when a cheating scandal engulfs the school.
Director and cast
- Lewis John Carlino Director
- Jacqueline Bisset as Ellen Burroughs
- Rob Lowe as Franklin 'Skip' Burroughs IV
- Andrew McCarthy as Jonathan Ogner
- Cliff Robertson as Mr. Burroughs
- Stuart Margolin as Balaban
- John Cusack as Roscoe Maibaum
- Alan Ruck Cast
- Rodney Pearson Cast
- Remak Ramsay Cast
- Virginia Madsen Cast
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