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Take Me Home Tonight set in 1988 follows recent college graduate Matt Franklin (Topher Grace) and his best friend Barry Nathan (Dan Foggler). Matt a math genesis who went to MIT works in a dead end job at a video store and Barry who was just fired from his job as a car salesman. When Matt’s high school crush comes into his video store he tells her he is a banker with Goldman Sachs and she invites him to a party later that night. At the party they fall for each other and end up having sex on a backyard trampoline. All is well in Matt’s world until his lie is reveal and then the girl who just slept with him on a trampoline is appalled at his lack of character. Don’t worry though; Matt will have one last chance to win her back.
This film is a mess from the start and in my opinion the film is dragged down by poor writing. The script that the actors are asked to attempt to make audiences engage with and enjoy is shallow, cheesy, and at times laughable. If you are looking for a film about young adults having one last chance to act on their high school desires before they start the rest of their lives, then don’t head to the theatre and see Take Me Home Tonight. Instead head to your local video rental store and pick up a copy of Can’t Hardly Wait. It is the same premise (high school kids instead of college kids being the only real difference) and it is a much better movie.
Even with the poor writing and uninspired acting performances I was still hoping to at least be treated to a fun soundtrack. And, yes some of the music is fun and can bring back memories of the late 1980s; however the soundtrack has one glaring omission. The song “Take Me Home Tonight”, yes that song that the movie is named after and yes that song which has been in every commercial and trailer for this film, and yes that song is never heard in the actual movie. It doesn’t even get a track listing on the soundtrack, what a joke!
Take Me Home Tonight was a poorly written mess of a film. The film makers were hoping to leave audiences longing for the glory days of the 1980’s instead they leave audiences longing for the movie to end.
1 ½ stars out of 5. |
