I was really hoping this would be a great movie. It's not horrible, but it falls well short of great.Matt Franklin (Topher Grace) has limitless potential and a degree from MIT but no real desire to apply those things to any career. It is the middle of the 80s and Matt is working at Suncoast Video in the mall instead of pursuing anything he really wants. One of those things is his high school crush, Tori (Teresa Palmer), in town again for the annual Labor Day party. Matt decides this is the year that he will work up the nerve to talk to her, mostly by lying his face off to get her to like him. Meanwhile, Matt's twin sister Wendy (Anna Faris) is on the cusp of a new step in her relationship with hot but stupid Kyle (Chris Pratt) and is starting to wonder if it's all worth it, and Matt's best friend Barry (Dan Fogler) is trying to party hard enough to forget that he's been fired and his life is essentially over before it's even begun.
The only thing this movie was missing in its homage to 80's comedies was the obligatory "this is where the characters are after the credits roll" blurbs. The filmmakers clearly had a love for movies made in this decade and went to a lot of trouble to recreate that feeling. I'm really sad it didn't work for me. I wanted to like this. I just couldn't do it, though.
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