Console best movie i've ever seen.

Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

Quiet Muffin This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

Marva It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

OllieSuave-007 Saw this movie in my high school French class - a typical teenage, coming-of-age flick, with all the sappiness, rebellions, dating, and semi-raunchy stuff. It stars future Bond girl Sophie Marceau in her first film feature.I remembered that the film got quite the laughs from my class, but I myself found it just mildly entertaining with its slow plot, average acting, and uninhibited-ness.Grade C

Karl Self I grew up in the 1980ies and didn't see the movie until now. I have to admit that, despite the hype at the time, it's a decent coming-of-age movie which ended up setting the script for all the teenage romcoms to come. To my surprise, the travails of young Vic are buffeted by the adventures of her patchworkish family, with her philandering father, her economically struggling mother and her funky grandmother. Unusually it depicts the (naturally rather tame) love adventures of 11 to 14-years-olds, in other words the deal is the first kiss on the mouth here, whereas modern movies either cater to kids or senior to college level young adults, where much more risqué humour is viable.What makes the movie worth watching today is the enormous cultural gap between then and now. It all seems so dull, grey and dusty, just like I remembered the era.Some things I found especially noteworthy:* the characters eat noodles all the time; even steak with noodles* the movie makers had a thing going for Germany; we have sexy German teacher monsieur Lehman, in part two Vic goes to summer school near Salzburg and heart throb Pierre sets off for exotic Stuttgart* Denise Grey (grannie Poupette) was 84 years old when the movie was released; she had her first acting appearance in 1913 and died at the age of 99* the family car, a Talbot-Matra Rancho in the luxurious Grand Raid edition (with headlights which look like cop cruiser searchlights); basically a R4-class ride styled to look as if it had just won the Camel Trophy* the eponymous "boum" (party) is incredibly lame by modern standards, essentially kids standing around a record player, listening to unbelievably cheesy music and sucking on a Coke* the product placement: while the teens eat generic "super chips" all the time (obviously, a lucrative contract didn't surface here), there are constant placements for Lacoste and Talbot-Matra* the fashions look unbelievably tame and stuffy, with the girls wearing almost no makeup* the movie makers were very clever in marketing the music, they managed to scout unknown British musicians and got them to write a suitable song, played it constantly throughout each movie and thus created fairly solid hits in the process ("Dreams Are My Reality" by Richard Sanderson in the first part, and, to a lesser degree, and using virtually identical harmonies, "Your Eyes" by Cook Da Books (what??) in the second episode)* the school Vic goes to, the lycée Henri IV, is a prestigious Parisian high school

R. Ignacio Litardo Not even naturally gifted Sophie Marceau and Claude Brasseur can save this film from crashing.Then only good thing I find about it is the "social character" of Parisian teen life in the early 80s. And I thought only my school mates were corny :). It was the same at chic Saint Germain des Prés :). The morals of this story are awful, the storyline is at times erratic, at others it just doesn't make any sense, but overall I wanted to turn off the TV about 20 times before it finally ended. "Marriage survives all difficulties", "men can fool around, women can do something out of spite, but they always come back to their man", .I agree with vyto34 on IMDb that "Brasseur is a most unfortunate choice for the dentist ..." in that he looks more like a gangster than a dentist & family man and so on. Brigitte Fossey is miscast as the wife of Brasseur, she's just too beautiful and intelligent for a man who seems to have no ability for anything. Pénélope's sister, precocious little blonde "Samanta" fancying François Beretton is just one of the very stupid choices this film has. One of the few "lovable" characters is Denise Grey' Poupette (the avant-garde harp playing great-grandma (??) who has all the answers), she is just stereotyped. Bernard Giraudeau is Lehman, stud German lycée teacher does what he can with the cardboard plot he's given. He did the extremely funny "Viens chez moi..." with M. Blanc, which proves he can star a brilliant comedy and also took part in "Ridicule" with Fanny Ardant. I mean, some of the actors have done great movies, in spite of this one :). By the way, in one of the most unbelievable scenes of this illogical movie, he, who is young and fit, is being held up by 2 men until, out of nowhere, Mr. Beretton sends the 2 thieves away and later hits the teacher on his face without resistance. Another of the silliest scenes is the comeuppance of Mme. Beretton and her husband's lover, and then Poupette finishes it. No sight of the police, of course. Worse of all, she did nothing her beloved husband didn't agree with. But those are the bourgeoise morals: the harlot has to suffer financial loss, but the pater familias is always welcome. The ending is particurarly devoid of meaning, but maybe "it wants to show how teenagers change of love like a t-shirt".I found this film umbearable, but have to accept it's very popular. Particularly with Americans who took French somewhere in their education. The electrical piano version of "Dreams..." (slow music) is particularly jarring, veering on mental idiocy, specially after being hammered on all through the film. Paris is nice, thou, but I guess no director can harm it :)!Watching a former Bond villain like Marceau as an early teenager with blossoming sexuality is not entirely a happy experience. Teen language and high school are interesting, but the film doesn't let us focus even on those moderately interesting topics. Instead it forces us to watch the stupid parent's fights and predictable redemption of the male figure. The only funny scene was, perhaps, the botched sex scene with Mr. Beretton and his last lover. Maybe it's just outdated.Overall... avoid it.

misspiggie My french teacher allowed my class to watch the entire thing.It's a wonderful movie. There was one slow song that kept playing throughout the entire film, but at the moment I cannot recall the name of it. I give it a ten out of ten because it was funny, shocking, and even a smidge sad at points. Nowadays it would most definitely be rated PG-13 at least, because it does contain profanity and some sexual references. All of the foreign films shown to us in class were loved by all, such as Jean De Florette and Manon De la Source, which are both equally fabulous movies. I must say that I greatly enjoyed the lead female character's haircut. It really looked good on her.