My Tutor [DVD]

When watching "My Tutor", I think U2 stated it best "Sometimes you can't make it on your own." In other words, watch this movie with a friend, so you can enjoy the idiotic, yet simplistic storyline of this cult 80s classic and laugh together. Or if you lose conscious from how stupid, unbelievable, vapid and silly most the movie is and at least there is another person with you who can call for help.Before I go any further, this movie is such a guilty pleasure for me and I love it, I'm man enough to admit it.As for the movie itself, I will do my best to explain, starting with the plot. Bobby (Matt Lattanzi) has just graduated from high school, sort of. Bobby has flunked his French class which is the catalysts to the amazing plot of this prolific film. Since Bobby has failed French he will not be permitted into Yale. This notion doesn't sit well with Bobby's father, so daddy pulls some strings, since he is a Yale alumni, and a compromise is made: if Bobby can pass a French exam of 85% or higher, he can go to Yale in the fall.Consequently Bobby only has the summer to prepare for this test, so daddy gets him a private tutor. Now to make matters even more exciting, Bobby's private tutor is a sexy blonde, 29 years of age named Terry (Caren Kaye). I don't know about you, but Bobby should be thinking really hard about buying his dad a nice father's day gift. The quagmire now is can Terry bring up Bobby's French skills so he can score at least an 85%?This is the part I never saw coming, but Terry and Bobby become involved intimately and romantically. This relationship develops despite the fact that Terry is chic and a world traveled woman, and Bobby is a naïve and inexperienced young man. It appears that this attraction develops out of no where, at least on Terry's end. A great deal of things are thrown at this unorthodox couple; the difference in age, the grapple of "education or love making", Bobby's father and Terry's ex-boyfriend. Yet this is one summer either one of them will forget anytime soon, but will their love last?There is also a funny, yet humdrum subplot with two of Bobby's friends. They spend the better half of the movie trying to get Bobby and themselves laid in some of the most precarious and droll situations. This does produce some laughs and plenty of gratuitous nudity. One of Bobby's friends is played by no other than Crispin Glover A.K.A George McFly from "Back to the Future". Who in many ways appears deranged throughout the entire film, a definite plus.I also have to say that Bobby was somewhat androgynous in this movie. He was really super sensitive and many times spoke in a high pitch, whiney voice. To listen to Bobby complain or protest against Terry tutoring him in French was actually really hilarious and vexing simultaneously. I really found it interesting that Terry was into Bobby, it screams more about the demons in her past than any skeletons that might be in Bobby's closet.It was very amusing that Bobby's home in many ways mirrored a college campus. It appears that his home goes on for miles and miles. Consequently, Bobby rides a motor scooter that would fit the profile of Peter Parker more than a rich teenager from California. Bobby's rich father couldn't buy him a car, rather a motor scooter. Perhaps daddy is in the oil business and not giving Bobby car is adding to the family's wealth. Just a side note, there is a scene with Bobby and scooter that I found so comical I had to turn the DVD off and walk away from the television for ten minutes.I am totally unconvinced that Bobby's father, being Yale alumni and three steps below God in the financial department couldn't pull more strings to get Bobby into Yale. Why would an elective high school course like French hold so much merit on whether or not student should get into Yale? I guess with respect to plot, a French tutor is much sexier than a tutor in Botany.There are several "MacGuffins" (events/things/characters basically unimportant to the story, yet are present) in "My Tutor". For instance, Bobby's mother being an airhead, Terry swims in the nude at night, the focus on Bobby's maid and gardener only speaking Spanish and Terry always exercising in a women's aerobic class that is an equation of Richard Simmons VHS multiplied by Jane Fonda Beta tape. Oh as for the bubble gum pop theme song, "You're my tutor, WHOO; teach me anything you want me to learn." If there is anyone out there that knows where I can find this song, I am not sure what your reward will be, but it will be worth it."My Tutor" was made in 1983, which was the beginning of a very memorable decade and this movie really showcases music, fashion, the hair and the carefree, yet somber attitude of the spirits living in the era. The day might come when we as a modern society are erased from the planet due to war, famine, global warming, political and/or religious genocide or yetis that will eat all people. Under the assumption this does transpire and some odd race of aliens visit Earth years in the future or a mutation of humans evolve on Earth millions of years from now. Both of these groups' sole purposes might want to understand the prior human race that inhabited the planet many, many moons ago. Giving these conditions, the DVD of "My Tutor" can and will provide a lucid picture and/or a time capsule of history in the 1980s.

The actor is so cute I had to have this DVD in my collection and reminisce my 80’s teen yrs and my crush on Matt Lattanzi who is the father of Olivia Newton-John’s only daughter Chloe if you didn’t know.

It's a fun movie.

It was one of the first movies I saw on cable tv back in the seventies. Got a big kick out of it then, and it still is fun to watch

Ah, what can I say about this fine film. As another reviewer has already posted, about being a guilty pleasure for them, I fully agree as well. This movie is one for me that is truly a guilty pleasure. I first saw this film back when it came out on the then new RCA Videodisc Player. Wow, to see this now on Blu Ray with the awesome transfer from the original camera negative is the BEST!!! You know the story, Bobby (Matt Latanzi), flunks his French final. Dad wants him to get into Yale, but to do this Bobby has to take a make-up exam and do better than an 85. So dad hires the beautiful Terri Greene (played by the beautiful Caren Kaye.) Terri is the best French tutor there is, and with her help, Bobby studies to pass the make up test. In Between his studies, Bobby and his friend Jack (Played by the awesome Crispin Glover), are trying to lose their virginity, and after several failed attempts, Bobby starts falling for his tutor,(after watching her swim in the nude a few times at night will do that to any young man.) Anyways Terri tries to get back with her ex-boyfriend, however after catching him cheating again on her, breaks if off with him. Fortunately for Bobby this is the perfect time to practice losing his virginity with the beautiful Terri. Trust me folks, just watch this movie to be entertained for an hour and a half. This movie is so much fun and to this day remains one of the best. Hard to find right now on Blu Ray, if you can grab a copy, do it!!! You wont regret it...

first I must say that I had a crush on Matt when I was 13. Recently rediscovered him and ordered this dvdof which I had only seen mere seconds of at thirteen. This is a surprisingly good little film compared to all the teen exploitation films out there. Matt only seems to get interested in his tutor after he watches her swim nekked. This happens a lot. This guy has a great tush and they never exploit it! However he is shirtless a lot. Oh,when he is with the prostitute Kitten,and she takes off her top I swear our hero has an erection! She notices it too. I like the sounds she makes when she feels his muscles. But guys why, when he is playing with her breasts does he fall asleep? The movie could have been better if they had had the tutor teach him some lovemaking. Am I the only one who notices his passionate kisses are too fast and very smoochy? There's a sexy scene with him fantasizing about making love to Jewel Shepard in a phone booth. He drives a scooter, which is fun to watch. surprising since Daddy has so much money. Note: the birthday band is horrific. thery play the same 5 notes over and over again. Caren looks a lot like Olivia Newton John, I think.If you really want to see a sexy love scene with Matt in another movie, I reccommend "rich and famous" He takes it all off!

Young instructor teaches French to rich guy's son during one memorable summer. The student gets lessons in more than language. It'sa sweet romance but ethically questionable. The right amount of gratuitous nudity .

Is merry good

A great cheesy 80’s flick

Pretty much as advertised.

Dvd was in Spanish not English as I was led to believe very dissapionted