stevendelray 'If you want to see n 80's movie through the eyes of a 2000 something this movie is for you! For the rest of us that lived through the 80's you should watch something with a mullet, dogtags, and playing vball while looking for treasures with an asian friend looking for treasure. Way more heart in that storyline than this big pile of a movie.

Saz73 This is seriously the worst movie I've seen in the last 10 years, if not my entire life (and I've seen a lot of films...) There are many things that bothered me about this 'film', but I'll start with this, as I haven't noticed many others mention it. Was I one of the only viewers bothered by the dad being such a shady cop? I'm not necessarily bothered by this when it is used to actually drive the plot (instead of just erasing ''pesky'' plot complications to hide lousy writing, though pretty poorly in TMHT's case!), aside from just being totally unrealistic, to boot. The dad is a low level cop, there's no way he could save his son's behind not once, but twice from 1. Grand Theft Auto, 2. Class A Narcotics Possession of a large quantity (plus, who leaves that much coke in a dealership car? Convenient, huh?) and then later (during the metal ball debacle - wtf was that all about, anyway?) 3. Public Vandalism to several cars and 4. Trespassing and Vandalizing someone's personal property (when the ball crashed through a random home's gate, into the pool (and, by all appearances, they just left it there for the homeowner to deal with - nice!) and the dad conveniently hides his son's ID card he had dropped.) I'm not saying you wouldn't want your kid to avoid trouble and do what you could to help him out, but this is just far too extreme, not to mention ridiculous! Also, the other thing that bothered me, being a music geek, is that the movie tried to shove in every single clichéd ''one hit wonder''/late night infomercial ''Best of the 80's'' song from 1980 onwards into the party scenes with nary a thought to when this all was actually supposed to take place (1988.) It would be like us listening to songs from 2005, etc... at a party today. One or two outdated songs for sentiment's sake, fine, but an entire soundtrack's worth? No...And, on top of that, they omit the titular hit? Maybe Eddie Money saw an early screening and objected at his song being used, lol. It all just felt cynical, like they were just trying to hook the audience with every top 40 nostalgia jam they could to hide from the crappy (lack of) plot. A cheap gimmick plot all around.Also, the girl and her friends were totally shallow. She only went out with him when she thought he was working for Goldman Sachs and drove a hot car. The kid went to MIT and was taking some time during the summer to figure things out working a mall job, big deal. He shouldn't have lied to try and impress her, and she should have been more open minded/listened more. But that would entail actual communication. Don't think that would have gone over too well in this sorry excuse! Plus, who still focuses on their High School crush 4 plus years later after college? I don't know if it's just me or something, but isn't that a bit creepy that he's still SO besotted he'd lie, steal, and ride a rusty ball of death, nearly drowning, for her? This hot mess is best avoided, seriously. Just watch a John Hughes film if you're itching for the 80's, or an Apatow flick if you're in the mood for something a bit more on the raunchy humor side. 80's nostalgic comedies were already played out by the 90's, anyway - you're far better off catching the far superior Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion or The Wedding Singer if you want to watch a non-80's 80's movie.Anyway, I'll shut up, but ARGGGH this movie was totally lame and not funny at all! I'm not some weird prude, either. I like plenty of dumb and/or crude comedies. But could this even classify as a comedy? How did it even pass the green light to get the funding to get made?

SnoopyStyle Matt Franklin (Topher Grace) was a high school nerd who went to MIT and return home to work at the mall. High school hottie Tori Frederking (Teresa Palmer) walks into his store, and he invents a job at Goldman Sachs. His best friend Barry (Dan Fogler) is a car salesman but gets fired after 7 years in his hated job. His twin Wendy (Anna Faris) is considering going to Cambridge for her masters. She's just not sure that her boyfriend Kyle (Chris Pratt) will come with her. Then all the high school people reunites at Kyle's big party.It's a little sad that Matt is working at the mall, but the saddest thing is the ridiculous lie. It's sad because it was never going to work. She works at investment banking so he just repeats the same thing. It is so embarrassingly stupid that the movie never fully recovers. He went to MIT so he could have said he worked at IBM or something like that. This is 80s nostalgia looking for more appealing characters.

Diorafan05 This film has 70 reviews. Now that I consider very low for a movie that has released last year. Romantic comedies are very popular and when they star big names, they can pull in big audiences. Unfortunately that is not the case here. Okay so I am not a pro when it comes to romantic movies but that doesn't mean that I am out of touch with the real world. Many situations could relate to so I could convey my honest opinion. So what went wrong. Well firstly the basic theme is just too outdated. It's a very routine story. It has been witnessed too many times. Maybe if it was convincgly depicted I could believe in it. On the comedy level the film succeeds in making one laugh. Dan Fogler is like the Zack Galifinakis here and at regular intervals is the saving grace of the film. However Anna Faris was wasted in a minor role which didn't connect with the main plot. She isn't the'scary movie' queen any more, so she should have avoided this. Teresa Palmer was like a breath of fresh air. Good acting on her part but Topher Grace was spectacular. He held up most of the movie. A character that most guys out there could relate to, insecure and hopeful. The main culprit is the script. I doubt Jackie and Jake have ever experienced love or even been in a relationship themselves. Their view and perspective on relationships is half baked. I doubt a woman would forgive a guy for lying about himself after he attempts risking his life in a large steel sphere. But I guess that is the method of showing your manliness and good heart. That was a cliché. It's acceptable for things to work out in the end, but more realism was needed. With a running time of 90 minutes I guess it would have been difficult to accomplish this. Overall not a bad attempt.If you like party movies, go ahead.