1/1/2010 - The Last American Virgin

I have no idea how I had missed this movie. Its awesome.

The Last American Virgin is a 1982 American remake of the 1978 Israeli film Eskimo Limon (aka Lemon Popscicle). Lemon Popscicle was an enormous worldwide hit - so much so that the producers were able to leverage their earnings from it to help buy Cannon Films, which released The Last American Virgin and all sorts of other low budget films through the 80's.

The plot is a combination of boobs, shenanigans, and touching coming of age moments. The movie is a little schizophrenic with scenes of sex comedy silliness giving way to scenes of unrequited love. It feels more substantial than a lot of other films of the genre and is more like Fast Times at Ridgemont High and less like Porky's. Eskimo Limon was set in the early 60's and since this is almost a shot for shot remake some of the original time period bleeds through (IE: Scenes in maltshops, necking in convertibles, etc...) The T&A quotient is still pretty high even managing to get nudity into an abortion scene. Who thought that was OK?

The one thing that really separates The Last American Virgin from other similar films is that it has a completely sad and depressing ending. I really loved this movie.