Hot Times At Montclair High (1989) tries real hard to capture the spirit of Fast Times At Ridgemont High, but comes nowhere close. With a production quality and the acting of an afterschool special, it stumbles through jokes that fall flat and dramatic moments that are more laughable than anything else. More closely resembling The Breakfast Club than anything else, Hot Times At Montclair High concerns a disparate group of seniors that somehow all become friends. These cookie-cutter characters include a rebellious tough guy with a sensitive side that has issues with his father, a football jock with failing grades and a short temper, a sex-starved nerd who desperately wants to be cool, and a normal girl who (for about five minutes) turns to a life of drugs and partying when her boyfriend breaks up with her. Together they take down the local drug dealing ring at their school. After the group graduates, they freeze-frame as a bad 80's song plays over the credits. Halfway through the credits, the song stops and leaves you with uncomfortable silence and the shame of just having wasted 90 minutes of your life. 2 out of 6 beers.
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