For once, a case of hype that is well deserved.
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The cast is enthusiastic and full of familiar faces: Kathleen Wilhoite as Christine's best friend Betsy , Fran Ryan as the headmistress , Ray Walston as a goofy chauffeur , Frances Bay as a high society woman , sensual cult icon Sylvia Kristel as the sex education teacher , Richard Stahl as a drunken, lecherous father , etc.
What is there to say about this film, how can you surmise a film where nothing relevant happens regarding the narrative and story? An uncredited Martin Mull carries the film's best sequence in a kooky turn as a fast-talking pharmacist who makes condom-buying a challenge, but the entire supporting cast is in top form - Ray Walston as a sly chauffeur and Fran Ryan as a stern headmistress who gets caught in every shenanigan in particular.
This frame has a vintage feel about it because of the way Cates poses in it and the way the picture is coloured.
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