Cebalord Very best movie i ever watch

VividSimon Simply Perfect

Anoushka Slater While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Lela The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

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 admittedly, 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

sol- Set during the mid-1950s, this nostalgic comedy focuses on an unlucky-in-love teenager who finds a mentor in the new kid on the block, a James Dean type with a reputation with the ladies. The film successfully captures the flavour of the 1950s through thoughtful costuming, sets and music choices, and as the film affectionately catalogues several commonplace growing up experiences (looking up skirts; jealous boyfriends), 'Mischief' is pleasant enough to view. There are, however, some issues in the character department and the casting is far from perfect. Doug McKeon significantly lacks charisma as the nervous protagonist and his character is written as a dislikeable jerk who has no interest in women other than for his own gratification. Kelly Preston has an even more awkward character though as the object of McKeon's affections. She constantly comes off as unrealistically calm amid all of McKeon's shenanigans, continuing to still date him even after he rips her underwear in half (!) and more worried about being caught by her parents than something way more pressing after a pivotal love scene. Chris Nash nails it as McKeon's suave mentor though with an interesting romantic subplot of his own, and a great film could have been spun from focusing entirely upon him. That said, the film is worthwhile as it is - just not all one might expect from a script by 'Pretty Poison' director Noel Black.

hall895 Teen sex comedies are a dime a dozen. Seen one, seen them all more or less. Hollywood never tires of churning out these movies but it is very rare that one of them sets itself apart from the pack in any way. Such is the case with Mischief. This was one of the first of the genre and that, along with its 1950s setting, makes it at least a little bit different from what we see nowadays. A little sweeter than today's teenage sex romps. And certainly a lot less raunchy. It's just endearing enough that you can consider it to be at least a modest success. Nothing spectacular to be sure but it's OK.Set in Ohio in 1956 Mischief tells the story of introverted, socially awkward Jonathan. He desperately wants to hook up with his classmate Marilyn. She's the town's resident teenage goddess. Every town has one. Well every movie town does at least. Of course Jonathan's got no shot with Marilyn. But then Gene comes along. He's the cool new kid in town and he takes Jonathan under his wing, teaching him the tricks of wooing the ladies. Jonathan sets about winning over Marilyn while Gene goes for Bunny. Bunny's the girlfriend of Kenny, the mean kid in town. So we've gathered all the teenage sex comedy clichés together. The nerd, the unattainable hot chick, the cool kid, the mean kid, the mean kid's girlfriend who stays with him even though she really knows better. And floating around the periphery of the movie throughout we have Rosalie, the nice but unattractive girl who could probably be hot if she tried. Toss all these characters together and watch them interact more or less as they do in every teen movie you've ever seen, with our nerdy hero finding that what you want and what you need may be two different things.Mischief is charming enough. But it's never really funny enough to be considered a great movie. For a supposed comedy there certainly are plenty of sizable gaps between laughs. The performances are all pretty good, all the actors fit their clichéd roles well. Doug McKeon's suitably nerdy as Jonathan. Chris Nash is totally cool as Gene. And if in 1985 you were looking for an actress to play a teen goddess you couldn't do any better than the impossibly beautiful Kelly Preston. Perhaps the best thing the movie has going for it is its soundtrack, those classic 1950s rock and roll tunes fit the story perfectly. Unfortunately that story is so similar to so many other movies of this genre that it's hard for Mischief to stand out. It's a reasonably enjoyable movie though. As teen comedies go there have been better but there have certainly been a lot worse.

disdressed12 as teen sex comedies go,this one has a lot going for it.it is well written,good characterizations,humorous situations and a great 1950's soundtrack.as well,the actors were credible and the depiction of small town,Ohio,in 1956 seemed authentic.the humour wasn't so much the laugh out loud bust a gut variety,but more of the situational type.you also had to laugh at how people dressed and how they acted back then,also how repressed they were.it's almost absurd really.i really got a kick out of the fascination with James Dean.i don't get it,but it is amusing.there is some sexual situations in this movie and one full frontal female nudity shot,so if that offends you,this is not the movie foe you.for the rest of us,this is an enjoyable,(if light)entertaining diversion.