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This Saturday, August 13, marks the 40th anniversary of the premiere of the classic teen comedy-drama Fast Times at Ridgemont High. The hit film, which featured

This Saturday, August 13, marks the 40th anniversary of the premiere of the classic teen comedy-drama Fast Times at Ridgemont High. The hit film, which featured

The Criterion CollectionThis Saturday, August 13, marks the 40th anniversary of the premiere of the classic teen comedy-drama Fast Times at Ridgemont High. The

The best of the racy teen comedies perfectly preserves the fashions and attitudes of the ’80s.

32 Things We Learned from the Fast Times at Ridgemont High Commentary "I can still smell this mall." Universal Pictures 1982’s Fast Times at Ridgemont High remains an all-timer when it comes to teen comedies. It was an early feature, sometimes the first, for numerous talents who went on to stardom, and that includes director Amy Heckerling and writer Cameron Crowe. Both made their feature debuts here, and both found even greater success later on with the likes of Look Who’s Talking (198...

Christine. Sounds like good company to be in, and no doubt Pulse looked like a similarly thrilling prospect on the page as electrical appliances become ‘alive’ and turn on the Rockland family, but somewhere on the journey between script and screen the excitement factor seemed to disappear, resulting in a movie whose narrative potential is very quickly overshadowed by some dubious performances and unnecessary plot details that don’t really make much sense. Very quickly we learn that young...