Best movie of this year hands down!

Some things I liked some I did not.

The movie runs out of plot and jokes well before the end of a two-hour running time, long for a light comedy.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

It's the last day of school. Michael Ryan (C. Thomas Howell) receives an anonymous love letter. His buddies convince him that it's from hot Deborah Fimple (Kelly Preston). Roger Despard (Casey Siemaszko) and Michael crash a college party to talk to her but she dismisses him. The guys get kicked out and they crash their van. Michael goes to talk to Deborah's friend Toni (Lori Loughlin) who seems to like him. He writes his own anonymous letter which is stolen by his brother Jeff (Corey Haim) leading to misunderstandings by everybody who reads it. Toni keeps rewriting Michael's letter before passing it on to Deborah.I don't particularly find the misunderstandings other than the core trio all that funny. It's probably funny as a concept but not in the execution. I just keep wanting to return to the teen rom-com anyways. C. Thomas Howell and Lori Loughlin are nice young stars. They are functional together as long as the movie stays with them. They make a nice trio Cyrano de Bergerac with Kelly Preston. I just don't care about large chunks of this movie.

Michael Ryan receives an anonymous letter from someone claiming to be his secret admirer. He has a huge crush on Deborah Fimple and hopes she is his secret admirer. After Deborah gives him the cold shoulder, Michael decides to write a secret admirer letter himself, and asks Toni to give them to Deborah. When Toni finds out how awful Michael's writing is, she writes the letters herself, and acts like they are from Michael. Deborah gets smitten with Michael because of the letters, but Michael grows bored of Deborah's selfishness. Meanwhile, Michael & Debbie's parents get a hold of the letter, and chaos ensues with them. When Michael finds out who truly wrote the letter, he realizes he may have what he's always wanted right there in front of him. Man. I love the 80's! Things were so simple and entertaining back then. I'm not saying that everything that came out of the 80's was gold. It had a fair share of turds as well, but the 80's were the golden age as far as movies are concerned. This rom-com isn't anything that will turn anyone's world upside down, but it sure is enjoyable. This movie is blatantly predictable from the outset. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know how this movie is going to end. I knew how this movie was going to end, 15 minutes in. It is also easy to guess who the secret admirer is, even before they reveal who it is. I don't understand how it could take Michael the whole movie to realize who is secret admirer is. It gives you the typical "I love you, but you don't love me" , storyline. It is formulaic in the extreme, but the journey was fun to watch, despite all of the predictability. Let's face it. We've all had a crush on someone we thought would never have the same feelings. This movie explores that scenario in a very cute way. One thing that makes this a cut above the rest of this genre is the creativity manages to make you forget about how obvious it is. They went all out to put our hero, C. Thomas Howell in all kinds of wacky situations. C. Thomas Howell is a lot of fun as Michael. This guy represents everything I loved about the 80's. Charismatic, fun, talented, and above all else, he had presence. I never understood why his career stalled so much in the 90's. He is much better than all of the STD crap he does these days. Somebody give this guy a decent role! he deserves it. Lori Loughlin is an absolute sweetie. She is breathtaking to look at, and a girl a man dreams about getting. Kelly Preston is solid as the prissy b***tch. She's quite the looker herself. Corey Haim is amusing as a money stealing thief. I'll say this. I think Kelly Preston is beautiful, but when it comes to Lori Loughlin? She doesn't compare. I'd pick Lori all the way in a heartbeat. The ending is like a lot of endings in romantic comedies. Contrived in a big way, but absolutely a blast to watch. I certainly won't denounce it for being unimaginative. They ended it in a really neat way. Final Thoughts: Yes, it's highly predictable and obvious. Yes, it is contrived and unrealistic at points, but I don't care. It was an entertaining movie. It has a lively cast, plenty of laughs, and plenty of smiles for all of you romantics. I'm a guy, but i'm a pretty romantic person. If you manage to seek it out cheap, it is worth picking up6.8/10

I watched this film for the first time when it was released, back in the 80s. Now, more than 15 years later, I've watched it again. My curiosity was high, because I remember I enjoyed it when I was a teenager, and now I wished to check how this movie has been affected by time.First of all, this film suffers the typical "teen style" which can also be seen in other titles from the 80s. This is perhaps the worst point in the movie, because the plot has interesting points, but the film style makes it seemingly look as yet another "Porky's"-like movie. In my opinion, this plot (based on a lost love letter) should have been more elaborate, and the movie should have been made with a higher quality style (for example, closer to "Never been kissed" rather than "Porky's").Anyway, the movie is enjoyable if you can forgive this "teen style".Moreover, it has valuable virtues: It exalts honesty and humbleness, and despite its seemingly "Porky's"-like sexual freedom, it exalts marriage and fidelity, and even chastity. It's quite refreshing to see all this in a film.I voted it as a 5 in 1-10 scale, because I consider it as a "satisfactory movie", with a draw between the weak teen style and some good points (charming love letter plot and exaltation of virtues which are mostly forgotten by Hollywood nowadays).Anyway, this film makes me feel a bit nostalgic (I've kind memories from the time when I first watched it), so my opinion is perhaps not as objective as it should be.

I didn't get to see this movie until '94, when it aired on TV here. I gotta say the major reason I liked this movie was because it had Lori Loughlin in it, she's a fox with a capital F, capital O and capital X. :) Anyways, give this one a whirl if you like these kind of movies, but if you're a Lori fan, it's definitely a must-see!