PlatinumRead Just so...so bad

Yash Wade Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Roxie The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Jerrie It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

Mr-Fusion "Take Me Home Tonight" deserves points for capturing that teen movie feel of a life-changing party; for the most part, at least. On a technical level, the '80s elements are pretty superficial; you could set this in the '90s or even today and it'd be the same story. As such, it owes something to "Can't Hardly Wait", and maybe some of the ennui from "The Graduate".What kinda surprised me is how some of the side players threatened to steal the movie (Demetri Martin, Anna Faris, and especially Michael Biehn).All that said, the period gags don't crash and burn like some recent movies, and it makes for a decent way to kill 90 minutes.6/10

Saz73 This is seriously the worst movie I've seen in the last 10 years, if not my entire life (and I've seen a lot of films...) There are many things that bothered me about this 'film', but I'll start with this, as I haven't noticed many others mention it. Was I one of the only viewers bothered by the dad being such a shady cop? I'm not necessarily bothered by this when it is used to actually drive the plot (instead of just erasing ''pesky'' plot complications to hide lousy writing, though pretty poorly in TMHT's case!), aside from just being totally unrealistic, to boot. The dad is a low level cop, there's no way he could save his son's behind not once, but twice from 1. Grand Theft Auto, 2. Class A Narcotics Possession of a large quantity (plus, who leaves that much coke in a dealership car? Convenient, huh?) and then later (during the metal ball debacle - wtf was that all about, anyway?) 3. Public Vandalism to several cars and 4. Trespassing and Vandalizing someone's personal property (when the ball crashed through a random home's gate, into the pool (and, by all appearances, they just left it there for the homeowner to deal with - nice!) and the dad conveniently hides his son's ID card he had dropped.) I'm not saying you wouldn't want your kid to avoid trouble and do what you could to help him out, but this is just far too extreme, not to mention ridiculous! Also, the other thing that bothered me, being a music geek, is that the movie tried to shove in every single clichéd ''one hit wonder''/late night infomercial ''Best of the 80's'' song from 1980 onwards into the party scenes with nary a thought to when this all was actually supposed to take place (1988.) It would be like us listening to songs from 2005, etc... at a party today. One or two outdated songs for sentiment's sake, fine, but an entire soundtrack's worth? No...And, on top of that, they omit the titular hit? Maybe Eddie Money saw an early screening and objected at his song being used, lol. It all just felt cynical, like they were just trying to hook the audience with every top 40 nostalgia jam they could to hide from the crappy (lack of) plot. A cheap gimmick plot all around.Also, the girl and her friends were totally shallow. She only went out with him when she thought he was working for Goldman Sachs and drove a hot car. The kid went to MIT and was taking some time during the summer to figure things out working a mall job, big deal. He shouldn't have lied to try and impress her, and she should have been more open minded/listened more. But that would entail actual communication. Don't think that would have gone over too well in this sorry excuse! Plus, who still focuses on their High School crush 4 plus years later after college? I don't know if it's just me or something, but isn't that a bit creepy that he's still SO besotted he'd lie, steal, and ride a rusty ball of death, nearly drowning, for her? This hot mess is best avoided, seriously. Just watch a John Hughes film if you're itching for the 80's, or an Apatow flick if you're in the mood for something a bit more on the raunchy humor side. 80's nostalgic comedies were already played out by the 90's, anyway - you're far better off catching the far superior Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion or The Wedding Singer if you want to watch a non-80's 80's movie.Anyway, I'll shut up, but ARGGGH this movie was totally lame and not funny at all! I'm not some weird prude, either. I like plenty of dumb and/or crude comedies. But could this even classify as a comedy? How did it even pass the green light to get the funding to get made?

p-stepien Straight outta 1980s LA comes a night to remember. MIT graduate Matt Franklin (Topher Grace) hangs onto a dead-end job at a video rental, as he hates the calling of his intellectual capacity. Still hooked on Tori Frederking (Teresa Palmer), his lifelong crush initiated, when a truth and dare in mid-school had them make out in a closet (at least theoretically as Matt failed on his dare). A chance meeting has him reinvent himself as a successful Goldman Sachs employee, which ends in him being asked to come to a high-school reunion party at golden boy Kyle Masterson (Chris Pratt), who happens to the long-term boyfriend of his twin sister Wendy (Anna Faris). Together with best pal and recently fired car salesman Barry (Dan Fogler) the trio venture on a quest to win over the girl, get wasted and have the party that defines their life.Searching a zeitgeist of the 1980s director Michael Dowse focuses much attention to introducing a resounding score full of hits of the period, which by and larger make the movie, making viewers reminisce that the pop era is also largely responsible for some of the most enticing tunes ever. Rich in brilliantly engulfing songs all that is required is delivering a fairly intriguing and funny story to carry the remainder of the picture. Grace and Palmer make for a sympathetic pair, engaging and loaded with a well researched feel for the time. Grace is reminiscent of Tom Cruise from "Risky Business" with a dash of Feris Bueller, while Palmer forms an amalgamate of love interests of the period. Nonetheless what invariably falters is the script, which plods along making the whole proceedings feel somewhat template and meretricious. The throwback of "Hot Tub Time Machine", much more tongue and cheek, somehow functions better than a straight forward attempt to make a comedy with true 1980s zeal. Situations lack flow and ergo promise of a wacky joyride dissipate with an unconvincing coming-of-age comedy lacking true wit and conviction.

meeza The set in the 80's comedy "Take Me Home Tonight" is quite silly, but why did I have such a good time watching it? It is probably because it blinded me with goofy 80's science. This tainted love I have for this film it's probably due to the fact that it had a "one thing leads to another" engaging narrative. OK, those are "lies, lies, lies" yeaa. It is probably due to the 80's nostalgic factor that presented always something there to remind me of my youth. Anyways, time to get off the hot tub time machine and present you info on what this movie is about. "Take Me Home Tonight" stars Eddie Money as a former 80's rock star who goes on a rampage to get his popularity back. OK, maybe not, but that would have been mony mony, so good. It really stars Topher Grace as Matt Franklin, a recent M.I.T. Graduate who has not been successful in his career path and instead is stuck working in a video store. Matt still has a chronic crush on the girl he had a major infatuation with in high school, but he was too shy shy hush hush eye to eye to ask her out back then. Her name is Lola and she was a showgirl. OK, her name is really Tori and she has legs and knows how to use them. One afternoon, Tori shows up to the video store that Matt works at. Matt pretends to be a customer at the store and begins to give her some talk, talk and tells her that he is a successful banker. Why? Cause we are living in a material world, and she is a material girl. Tori, impressed by Matt's pseudo-credentials, asks Matt if he is going to a party where she and her friends will be at which is hosted by a mutual high school friend. Matt's reflex reaction to that is that he will most certainly be there. Accompanying Matt to the party is his goofball best friend Barry (Dan Flogler), a super freak who has just been fired and told to beat it at the auto dealership he worked at. Barry, no lothario himself, is quite chunky probably due to the fact that he is hungry like the wolf, time after time. Barry creates havoc in his quest to fight for his right to party. Then we have Wendy (Anna Faris), Matt's fraternal twin, who is very anxious in knowing if she was accepted to Cambridge University for her Masters. Wendy's boyfriend Kyle (Chris Pratt) is just one of those guys who just wants to party all the time, party all the time, party all the time; and when they kiss in reality Wendy is just kissing a fool. Is there going to be a white wedding for Wendy and Kyle, or will Kyle continue to unleash his partying rebel yells and not make Wendy his prerogative? There is not much substance to Jeff and Jackie Filgo's silly screenplay of "Take Me Home Tonight", no matter what new order you have it in. But somehow after it all sinks in, it somehow worked; I guess it must have been 80's love, but its over now. Kudos to Director Michael Dowse for dosing us with plenty of 80's especially in the first half of the picture; but Michael did you really want to hurt me with the over-the-top shenanigans in some of the film's party scenes? Nevertheless, I think somehow (maybe with a little abracadabra) Michael pulled it off and made me just want to have fun with this picture; so everybody have fun tonight, excuse my wangchungish language. None of the performances in the movie were of a good thing, even though I am saving Grace's work from free fallin by giving it a commendable effort. "Take Me Home Tonight" is a cool movie to relax with if you wanna go to it and be back on the 80's chain gang. **** Good