How I Got Into College (1989)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Savage Steve Holland

Writer (WGA):

Terrel Seltzer (written by)

Release Date:

19 May 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

The simple story of two young Michigan high school students, Jessica, Class President, Local Smart Girl...

Plot Keywords:

College | Beautiful Woman | College Entrance | Reference To Ed Mcmahon

Cast

Anthony Edwards	...	Kip Hammett
Corey Parker	...	Marlon Browne
Lara Flynn Boyle	...	Jessica Kailo
Finn Carter	...	Nina Sachie
Charles Rocket	...	Leo Whitman
Christopher Rydell	...	Oliver
Gary Owens	...	Sports Announcer (voice)
Brian Doyle-Murray	...	Coach Evans
Tichina Arnold	...	Vera Cook
Bill Raymond	...	Flutter
Philip Baker Hall	...	Dean Patterson
Nicolas Coster	...	Dr. Phillip Jellinak, Sr.
Micole Mercurio	...	Betty Kailo
Robert Ridgely	...	George Kailo
Richard Jenkins	...	Bill Browne

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | USA:PG-13 | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

The marching band that chases Marlon through the college fair is the Matador Marching Band of California State University, Northridge.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the shot of the acceptance letters being printed, some are dated "1988" and another "1989".

Quotes:

George Kailo: Why should I spend $10,000 for you to go to Ramsey when you can go to Michigan for five? What, is the football team five times cuter? You'll get an education that's five times better?
Jessica Kailo: I'll get a job and I've already investigated student loans.
George Kailo: There's been a big change with student loans. They want to get paid back!

Movie Connections:

References "Wheel of Fortune" (1975)

Soundtrack:

What I Like About You

Funny comedy/satire

Corey Parker, who has a lot of screen charisma by the way, plays Marlon and he's in love with Jessica, played by Lara Flynn Boyle, when you could still see her if she stood sideways. Marlon is so in love that he's decided to go to the college of Jessica's choice, Ramsey College. Anthony Edwards is Kip, who recruits for Ramsey and admits to Marlon that he's heard of worse reasons for wanting to go to a specific college, so Marlon and his friend Oliver (played by Christopher Rydell, son of director Mark Rydell, and if he looks familiar, it may be because you remember him making the wisecrack 'I didn't know they had gas back then' to Henry Fonda in "On Golden Pond") go to Ramsey to check it out. Various other students attend, the most interesting of which is Vera, a feisty girl working at Mickey D's who has college aspirations but whose mother is wary of her daughter ending up disappointed.

Comedy is hit and miss. Sometimes brilliant, sometimes flat. Tons of cameos (Curtis Armstrong, Taylor Negron, Bob Eubanks (!) and Brian-Doyle Murray) are enjoyable. Coming in at a svelte 88 minutes, you've done a lot worse. 7/10.