Casual Sex? (1988)

It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

If you love Lea Thompson (And I do), "Casual Sex?" is a must see. It is fair to say, I like it more than most people do. It is about two friends Stacy (Lea), and Melissa (Victoria Jackson), and their hunt for Mr. Right. Melissa succeeds when she meets Jamie (Jerry Levine), But my primary focus is in Lea and the person who steals the film Andrew Dice Clay as Vinny, so I will leave Melissa and Jamie alone. Until seeing the comments section on IMDb, I did not know there was an alternate ending with Stacy ending up divorced and unhappy, while Vinny remained a pathetic excuse for a human being, that was test marketed and rejected. I think that was the right decision. Not only is there a chemistry between the characters, but it fits the context of the film better. Spoilers ahead: What happens is Stacy meets Nick(Stephen Shellen) and he moved in with her. It turned out he was a slacker musician, with an overinflated view of himself "I am going to be bigger than Elvis." Eventually she had to throw him out. At the same time she meet Vinny from New Jersey, who was an arrogant individual who thought he was God's gift to women, and she and Melissa put him in his place. Later on, he wrote to Stacy saying "The Vin Man" needed improvement, so I started dressing better, stopped hanging out and hitting on women." Stacy said: "I'm impressed, deep down he like the rest of us, messed up." Later on, during the Christmas Holiday's, Vinny goes for a long road trip (He is alone for the Holidays (As is Stacy)), and as he said: "I did not realize it, but I came to see you."(Stacy). But she basically ignores him (Probably because of the bad experience of Nick), and as he walked away, she called him back, and he asked if she wanted anything to eat," Stacy said "Everything is closed, but I will make you something." Vinny said "I will make you something." Stacy said "I will like that." Vinny said wait I got you something for Christmas which was a puppy. The next scene is years later, at Christmas, when Melissa and Jamie come over, and while Stacy is decorating the tree, Vinny is tied up by their boys, and Jamie will be getting the same treatment. When Stacy sees that she says" There goes your boyfriend.", and Melissa says the same, the film ends with Stacy saying "Yea, there goes my boyfriend." (With a look of contentment and happiness). As the song comes on "No More Casual Sex Mon." What I really like is the way that Vinny started out as a real jerk, and made the changes necessary, so he could grow as a character, which would allow him to end up with someone like Stacy (Which from a guy's point of view, is a worthwhile goal), but also how Stacy was able to realize this. Thus, overcoming her doubts about not only Vinny, but herself (There is a scene where she mentions being alone to Melissa, and her body language showed how unhappy she was) and still gave Vinny a chance to prove himself (Character growth is usually a good thing, and that is what we saw with Vinny, and the "Happy Ending" is what showed that (Which is why that ending fit well within the context of the movie)). What is also interesting is the end where the virginal Melissa, and the shy Jamie were living with each other, and how the bad boy and girl (Vinny and Stacy) became the married couple with kids. I guess people can tell that I will give "Casual Sex?" a high grade and I do, which is A+. 10/10 stars.

I can't remember the last time I saw a film with no redeeming features at all. But I will keep a straight face and say why.This was made before 'Sex and the City', so can be forgiven for some of its, cough, more 'challenging'/embarrassing views on sex. (Oh, the groin-grinding scene. Oh). Congrats on being 'racy', but your movie makes no sense.If we're supposed to witness the sexual revelations of two women, why do it in a spa on holiday, why not in their natural environment, where events can potentially be longer lasting? Why does the main character break up with the musician? It wasn't because he was cloying and desperate; it was because...erm...the sex was too good.The boring blonde character falls for the attendant, who has some scenes where he's doing his job and she reads too much into it. This could've worked, but why does he then fall for her? Because the character needs a love interest and she's so crushingly stupid, the movie has to make one up. Got it.The Vin Man: Oh, oh, oh, Vin Man. He's so ridiculous and creepy, I can cope with laughing AT him. But then we're supposed to sympathise with him, to the extent where we can believe that the main character will end up with him and spawn his children. And how are we asked to do this? We a shown that he is a LONELY ridiculous creep.But, but...The monologues suggest that the play this movie was based on was written by two snotty, pre-pubescent girls who had just gone to see 'The Vagina Monologues' and didn't get it. I won't be in a hurry to look it up.Watching something fail so totally as this film was an entertainment within itself.

Near the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, Stacy (Lea Thompson) and Melissa (Victoria Jackson) plan a vacation at a health spa to find a "safe" guy to date and/or marry. Stacy has, as they say, "been around"; Melissa is more of a novice in the world of men. Right away, they run into obnoxious Vinny, who displeases them both and makes them doubt if they are going about things the right way. Things improve. In between classes of exercise, Stacy hooks up with Nick, a spa employee who sings at the social gatherings. Melissa, too, earns the attention of good guy Jamie, a massage therapist. Will there be any obstacles on the path to true love? Of course!This is a genuinely funny movie about sex, told from a woman's viewpoint. There are some great speeches about the mysterious ways of men and women, offered by Stacy and Melissa. Scenes at the spa are both entertaining and lovely to look upon. Then, too, Andrew Dice Clay, as Vinny, gives a performance that sizzles and surprises with its ever-growing sincerity. Viewers who think they've seen every decent romantic comedy will have missed something special if they pass this one by. Hopefully, video stores and libraries will still have a copy of this nice film in stock.

This is a much better movie than I expected and is very well done with some witty dialogue and good performances by all.Thompson and Jackson play two young women from with different sexual experiences who go off on vacation to find love.Andrew Dice Clay is surprising good as the guy who turns to be the love of Lea's life without either of them expecting it.Not "hokey" at all and the sexual inuendo is far more adult and funnier than you usually saw in the "teen or young couple" flims of this era.