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Class

R

1983

1h 38m

Comedy

Drama

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Naive Midwestern prep student Jonathan (Andrew McCarthy) bonds with his more worldly roommate, Skip (Rob Lowe), 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 (Jacqueline Bisset), who unfortunately turns out to be Skip's mother. The division between the friends is further deepened when a cheating scandal engulfs the school.

Jonathan F. Richards

Film.com

Jun 13, 2009

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

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Oct 23, 2004

2/4

Class is a prep-school retread of The Graduate that knows some of its scenes are funny and some are serious, but never figures out quite how they should go together.

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

Oct 9, 2020

2.5/5

The result is a rather wishy-washy prep school version of The Graduate, but the comparison is merely a pale echo, trapped inside a banal resolution with troubling misogynist tendencies.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Mar 21, 2020

3/4

...the movie benefits from the affable work of its various performers.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Jul 22, 2005

2/5

Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

Jun 25, 2005

3/5

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Scott M

@RT75128960 Apr 18, 2026

One of my favorite comedies. But its also a story about a friendship that gets tested by infidelity. Really well told because the director understood what guys do when they need to resolve conflict. Jacqueline Bisset does an amazing acting job here. Really rare that the mother in the film is such a good actress.

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Ed .

@RT01276001 Aug 29, 2025

Zero laughs, zero class. This is the type of movie that you might watch for free on HBO back in the day when nothing else was on TV. Or today, on Amazon Prime or YouTube when you can't find anything else on a million different sources. Rob Lowe never looked prettier. Even prettier than Jacqueline Bisset.

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thiago s

@Thiagostone Jul 13, 2025

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

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CodyZamboni Z

@CodyZamboni Mar 24, 2025

Movie is not bad, Amusing teen prep school comedy, Andrew McCarthy and Rob Lowe have good chemistry, Good realistic sex scenes with Jacqueline Bisset, Movie turns quasi bittersweet when her mental problems, and clingy nature kicks in.

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Dave C

@RT09838700 Aug 8, 2024

I am unsure what so many people missed, watching this. I note that a number of reviews mark it down on the content of the trailer... one reason I'm glad I don't usually watch them, and that I didn't watch one for this movie. The cast is brilliant - so many names! It's a coming-of-age story with a tryst that represents sexual awakening and prowess, as well as lust, longing, desire, and frailty. Juxtaposed with the pressures of achieving, succeeding, and managing the expectations of others, it also highlights some of the complexities of friendships and relationships. What helps make this perhaps more engaging and entertaining than some c-o-a movies I've seen, is its slightly dark, sardonic humour

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Bulgantamir B

@RT36664197 Aug 4, 2024

The plot was so liked me

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Synopsis

Naive Midwestern prep student Jonathan (Andrew McCarthy) bonds with his more worldly roommate, Skip (Rob Lowe), 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 (Jacqueline Bisset), 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: Lewis John Carlino
Producer: Martin Ransohoff
Screenwriter: Jim Kouf, David Greenwalt
Distributor: Orion Pictures
Production Co: Orion Pictures
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 22, 1983, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 4, 2017
Runtime: 1h 38m

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