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Just One Of The Guys

(3,790)IMDb 6.51 h 40 min1985X-RayPG-13

She's 18, she's beautiful and she's about to set off an epidemic of comic hysteria when she enrollsin a new high school as JUST ONE OF THE GUYS.

Directors: Lisa Gottlieb

Starring: Joyce Hyser Clayton Rohner Sherilyn Fenn

Genres: Comedy Romance

Subtitles: English [CC]

Audio languages: English

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Supporting actors: Arye Gross

Producers: Andrew Fogelson

Studio: Columbia Pictures

Rating: PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)

Content advisory: Drug usefoul languagesexual content

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Sarah

Great Movie, So-So Blu-Ray Treatment (May, 2020)

Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2020

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This fun 80’s film is now in 1080P 1.85:1 format. I don’t see a vast improvement in the picture quality but it is improved. And it’s great to have the widescreen view. My main complaint is the soundtrack; it’s still mono, and that’s very disappointing on today’s sound systems. It would’ve really made this a great edition. The disc includes filmmaker & cast commentary. I haven’t yet heard that, but I’m sure it’s entertaining. That probably won’t make the $24.99 price tag worth it unless you don’t already have a copy. Note: Most of the reviews here are for the prior DVD, not this Blu-Ray.

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free_labor

80s comedy with crossdressing for straight women

Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2020

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Mostly harmless fun, and it tries to make a point about gender discrimination (although it undercuts it by reinforcing that Terry's first article was, in fact, not good enough, and there's a completely unbelievable scene with the original teacher who blows her off where they both admit they "learned something.")

It's not a particularly transgender or nonbinary-friendly film. Of course the terminology doesn't hold up--"Buddy" calls Terry a "transexual" and her friend comments that she is "sexually confused" when she never indicates any interest in anyone other than men, but there isn't much in the way of overt homo- or transphobia. Rather, the assumption is always that Terry is never actually interested in dressing as a man permanently or even ever returning to dress as a man once her "adventure" is over. Everyone either is or isn't male or female, and of course most of the tension around Terry passing is focused on going to the bathroom. Crossdressing is so easy and natural for Terry she doesn't even bind her breasts.

I was surprised to see a young Sherilyn Fenn (Twin Peaks) in this. The acting is mostly decent, but the conclusion is tacked on and several subplots are left unresolved. I'm also not sure why Buddy rides away on the back of a motorcycle with a female biker instead of choosing to ride with his sister. Why not.

But if you like 80s teen comedies and aren't particularly concerned about representation, you will probably like this. The girl gets wise to the jerk and gets the cute nice guy, and they live happily ever after as her younger brother rides off with a biker. I've seen worse.

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PDV

Ah, youth...

Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2020

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Rick Morehouse. One of the luckiest MF's to ever set foot on a high school campus and go from ostracized nerd to James Dean cool. And his "guy" friend who gives him a style makeover turns out to be the hot chick that ends up crushing on him. Just about every teen comedy cliche is here to savor, but Just One Of The Guys is still a guilty pleasure of mine over 30 years later. Best lines in the film come from Terry's younger brother Buddy, a centerfold-gazing horndog whose hormones are constantly nuclear. In my mind, Joyce Hyser busting out of her shirt ("where do you get off having tits?") ranks as high as Phoebe Cates doing away with her bikini top. Happy to have it on Prime instead of on VHS packed away somewhere in my garage.

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KA L.

Late 80's Gem, Parents Beware.

Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2020

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The movie part is great. A high school girl believing her article in the school paper was passed on because of her gender decides to write how easy boys have it by pretending to be a boy at a different school. It has a great moral by the end in the least cheesiest way.

Parent warning: It's PG-13, but there is a lot of frontal female nudity (brother has Playboy Playmates on his wall), back nudity of males, sexual dialogue, minor language, innuendo, bullying, sexuality, teenage sex, teenage tobacco and alcohol use, sexual harassing, minor violence and touching of genitals in a nonsexual manner.

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The disc I got was what was called "Pan Scan". It was intended to fit box TV's. So there are black bars on the left and right side of the screen. A theatrical version would be great. The extras are minimal. The commentary tells how this could have been much worse. Definitely worth a listen.

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John IV

Another of the great teen 80s pantheon, this one a teen Tootsie gender bender.

Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2020

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Unfortunately available only as a dismal pan-scan DVD for a long time, we finally get the debut of the proper aspect ratio BD release of Just One of the Guys with pretty decent picture quality.

Another of the great 80's pantheon, beautiful bombshell Terry goes to different school and dresses like a guy to prove a point to her journalism teacher. While there, she falls in love with a James Brown aficionado and is targeted by an aggressive S. Fenn while waging a proxy war against everyone's favorite turd bully William Zabka. Oh, and juggling the blackmailing of her brother and increasing suspicious college beau. Laugh, there's quite a lot going on as you can see, and a group of secondary outcast players too. For the extras they've assembled quite a few people from the movie for the commentary. Lots of fun nostalgia, recommended. (j4.)

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ScoreFan

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 6, 2016

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Bought as a gift.

Mark Flower

Humour film.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 23, 2013

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Quite humour film. Quite like Mrs Doubtfire but in opposite role and younger! If you like the 80's retro film, then watch it!

André Schneider

Lass mich mal ran! — Als Junge ist sie spitze

Reviewed in Germany on March 17, 2017

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Nach dem sensationellen Erfolg von »Tootsie« (Regie: Sydney Pollack) erteilte Columbia Pictures einigen Autoren Aufträge, ähnlich gelagerte Stoffe zu entwickeln. Parallel dazu erwiesen sich Filme wie »The Breakfast Club« (Regie: John Hughes), »Pretty in Pink« (Regie: Howard Deutch) und »Some Kind of Wonderful« (Regie: Howard Deutch) als unerwartet lukrativ. Es lag also nahe, die Strickmuster von College- und Gender-Komödien zu verquicken und daraus eine launige Posse zu kreieren. Das Ergebnis kann sich in seiner Originalität wirklich sehen lassen und auch 30 Jahre nach seiner Uraufführung noch spritzig und pfiffig — trotz der im Grunde recht vorhersehbaren Story.
Joyce Hyser, die damalige Freundin Bruce Springsteens, spielt Terry Griffith, eine ehrgeizige Schülerin mit journalistischen Ambitionen, die auf ein Lern-Stipendium bei einer renommierten Tageszeitung hofft, aber aufgrund der Tatsache, ein Mädchen zu sein, von ihrem sexistischen Lehrer übergangen wird. Wütend ob der Ungerechtigkeit schreibt sich Terry an einer anderen High School ein, um sich, diesmal als Junge verkleidet, noch einmal um die begehrte Ausschreibung zu bewerben. Aus ihrer Charade entwickeln sich einige ebenso prekäre wie amüsante Situationen, die sich zuspitzen, als Terry sich in einen neuen Mitschüler (Rohner) verguckt, der in ihr/ihm allerdings nur einen guten Kumpel sieht…

»Just One of the Guys« war ein moderater Erfolg, etablierte sich im Laufe der Jahre jedoch vor allem in den USA als Kultfilm. Joyce Hyser und Billy Jacoby, der als Terrys dauernotgeiler pubertierender Bruder zu sehen ist, geben eindrucksvolle Vorstellungen, konnten aber — ähnlich wie Regisseurin Gottlieb — ihre Karrieren nicht auf Erfolgskurs halten: Hyser übernahm noch hin und wieder Gastrollen im US-Fernsehen, während Jacoby seinen größten Erfolg als sexy Sidekick in der TV-Serie »Parker Lewis« verbuchen konnte. In einer Nebenrolle mit dabei: die blutjunge Sherilyn Fenn, die kurz darauf in David Lynchs »Twin Peaks« für Furore sorgte.

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Tsungen

Funny

Reviewed in Canada on December 15, 2020

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I knew what I was getting since I saw this movie only once , long ago; it's funny and simply unpretentious fun.
Billy Jacoby and Joyce Hyser are a perfect match.

K. D.

Great 80's time capsule comedy

Reviewed in Canada on February 23, 2016

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When Terry, a young attractive 18yr old girl thinks that she'd have a better chance at being taken seriously has a writer if she were a boy, she decides that for her last year in high school she'll transfer to a new school disguised as a boy. Her sex starved hilarious younger boy keeps her on her toes, as she juggles love triangles, bullies, along with her old & new identities.
This film never fails to put a smile on my face.
A great time capsule.

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