One Crazy Summer

Year: 1986
Director: Savage Steve Holland
Starring: John Cusack, Demi Moore, Bobcat Goldthwait, Curtis Armstrong

Synopsis:

After high school graduation, Hoops McCann (John Cusack) heads to Nantucket to spend the summer with some friends. When he gets there, he finds himself between a young musician (Demi Moore), trying to save her family's property from land developers. After the bank forcloses on the house, it's up to Hoops and his friends to help get her house back.

Review:

One Crazy Summer is easily one of my favorite movies. This is a great 80's teen comedy, right up there with Better Off Dead, also directed by Savage Steve Holland. John Cusack's character is very easy to identify with, he's not some nearly invincible super-hero, he's just an everyman, doing his best to overcome his human fears and failings. The rest of the cast is great too, with Joel Murray as Hoops' friend George, Mark Metcalf (Animal House) as the evil developer, and Demi Moore as Cassandra.

My Rating:
10/10