Private School (1983)

Take Animal House, throw in a dose of television's Bosom Buddies and you get the Phoebe Cates/Matthew Modine sex farce Private School. The 1983 film was shot one year after Cates won fame in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (thanks primarily to her little red bikini), and two years before Modine won rave reviews for his work in Vision Quest. While neither star gives a stellar performance in Private School, both are appealing and likeable, even with the ridiculous premise. Chris (Cates) attends an all-girls private school, while horndog Jim (Modine) matriculates at the nearby all-boys school. In order to get close to her, Jim and his friend dress up like girls and befriend Chris and her hot posse. When Chris' sexy rival Jordan (Betsy Russell) tries to woo Jim away by riding a horse, Lady Godiva style, the stage is set for a catfight. Throw in a guest appearance by Sylvia Kristel of Emmanuelle fame and double entendres abound. The soundtrack is full of songs by '80s staples such as Rick Springfield, Vanity Six, and Bow Wow Wow, whose "I Want Candy" is played throughout a peeping shower scene. Though cheesy and intended for teenage boys, the film has an almost innocent charm compared to some of the current fare in theaters. --Jae-Ha Kim Amazon.com

 Funny 80s teen sex comedy!
If you're a fan of 80s teen comedies you'll really enjoy this. It's not a well know film over this part of the work (UK and Ireland), in fact it doens't even have a DVD release over here. Heard about it in a book on 80s teen movies and thought it sounded good fun. Betsy Russell is the stand out in this. When describing her, the words "Hot Damn" come to mind a lot! March 3, 2008

 A very enjoyable high school prank movie from early 1980's
Private School was one of the first Animal-House/American-Pie-type movies that I have seen that was memorable. It is more humorous than laugh out loud but it is very enjoyable. It is rated R for nudity especially Betty Russell's topeless horse-back ride and the girls' shower scenes. November 25, 2007

 Private School
This started out cheesy. Probably one of the lamest movies ive seen and not particularly in a 'good way'...though it had its moments. It seemed like one big excuse to see women naked and the acting was average at best. Its about some students at an all girls private school called Cherryvale Academy. Theres 2 girls that want the same guy whos also a student at a nearby Academy for Men. Also some kind of relationship between one of the girls and that guy. In between all this the guys start dressing up like women to get into the girls dorms to pull pranks on them. As the movie went on it got a little bit better and there were some genuinely funny scenes in it 'like the car scene' but nothing spectacular. I also liked some parts of it and was able to relate to some of the things that went on and laughed to myself. I guess you could call this a 'sex or romantic comedy'. I call it that but also just an excuse to see hot girls naked. 2.5- 3 August 6, 2007

 Oh Betsy,Betsy,Betsy!!!
I saw this when it came out and it is typical of the 80s teen romance films of the era. Pheobe Cates was hot but Betsy Russel was every male teens dream. She was super hot and a bad girl. The shower scene was legend. Not a cinematic masterpiece,it is one of the great teen movies of the 80s. Oh Betsy,Betsy,Betsy!!! August 3, 2007

 Betsy Russell, Super hot !
Sure, Phoebe Cates got top billing but this movie belongs to Betsy Russell as she shines in every single scene (and I think Phoebe used body double in her naked shot from behind scene). Betsy's topless scenes are still consider legendary today, too bad her acting career is too short.

The picture transfer is good, clean and sharp while the 2 channel mono is OK, I would have given it a full 5 stars but this DVD has nothing else to offer. Not even theatrical trailer and even worse not even chapter selection just an English subtitle. A commentary by the stars would have put this dvd on a different level. But in the meantime, enjoy Betsy Russel, what a sight. July 31, 2007

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