Wonderfully offbeat film!

Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

I found this on ebay a few years back due to Isabelle Mejias having a starring role in it. It was just okay. The clothes that she wore in this were hideous, but I'll forgive her, seeing how this was made in the late 80's. But for some reason when I saw her all dressed up in red and yellow I found myself wanting a McDonalds cheeseburger. Hmm. Anyway, I was also happy to see another actress from Heavy Metal Summer in this. Don't know her name though. My opinion is that this is way too Canadian for me. Releasing it on DVD really wouldn't be a good move. Why waste the plastic on this when they could be releasing other Isabelle Mejias movies on DVD?

In this basic but likable Canadian comedy, Kevin Hicks gives a great performance as Andy Cooper, a College freshman who has lived a rather sheltered existence in a small country town and finds it hard to adapt to the discrimination, aggressiveness, drugs, and sexual freedom associated with life in a big city art college. The acting support from the rest of the cast is also of a fairly high standard. Although this is an overworked comedy theme, it is played out quite effectively here, and this film has much more appeal for a mature audience than many other college life comedies, which too often fall into the generic class of 'skinflicks'. Since VHS copies of HE are becoming hard to find and cable TV showings are quite infrequent, the distributors responsible must be considering releasing a DVD version. The film is far from faultless but it provides some quite stimulating viewing and would make a better DVD than many other comedies from the same era which have already been so released.I have rated HE at 6 stars, but with some reservations. The audio reproduction from my VHS tape (which was distributed through Norstar) is very poor, and being a little deaf I found difficulty in keeping up with the nuances of the story. A disk copy should cure this, but unfortunately might be found to provide little or no real improvement. Should a DVD release of HE appear I would probably buy it; but when DVD's of older films may be no better than tape copies, consumers like myself now replace sub-standard tapes only if they can be sure their replacement DVD has been re-mastered to provide the higher standards (both video and audio) which they expect. The marketing of unedited and unimproved disk copies of distributors master tapes as DVD's has seriously discredited the DVD format and, with these comments on HE, I am begging all DVD distributors to introduce some sort of guide from which the artistic, video and audio quality of all newly released DVD's can be assessed. Rating information is part of this as MPAA mandated changes often lead to the contents of a film varying significantly from the Director's intentions (encouraging consumers to look for an unrated or "Directors cut" version). But a technical quality rating is also required to provide potential buyers with other critically important information. A purchaser is responsible for selecting his movie on its artistic and other merits, but he cannot be asked to be responsible for its technical quality as well. This remains the responsibility of the distributor; and, particularly when an old classic is first being offered in DVD format, there is a real need to let the purchaser know exactly what quality product the distributor can offer.HE was a well made and enjoyable comedy which I believe still has a significant appeal, although the inclusion of the sequences relating to the gangster seemed to me to be not only out of place but quite unnecessary. In fairness however this was one minor aspect of the story that I found particularly difficult to follow on my tape. Whilst I believe this is a film which would justify continued availability for home viewing, the videotape which is currently listed is of such poor quality that I cannot recommend its purchase. A reworked copy of this film, offering much better quality audio, should be made available in DVD format.

Surprisingly, this Canadian comedy isn't bad, thanks largely to a talented cast, many of whom have been in some solid films. Unfortunately, things get too formulaic, and the journey towards the inevitable happy conclusion gets to be a little slow. There is some good writing here, and there are more than a few funny parts, but these moments are attached to a VERY conventional script overall. It's okay, and a little better than I had expected, but it's still nothing worthwhile.

The movie describes the lives of several college students, and deals with interracial and intersexual relationships. It is a sharp criticism of the hidden discrimination and racial hatred which remain despite the legal equality between the races and sexes. Although altogether successful, the movie tends to push its message to the viewer in a strong and rather harsh way, and this reduces its effectiveness.