Reviews

I saw this first when it came out,I was about ten. I watched it again last night. I loved it then and I love it now. The dialogue acting and plot are really good. The characters are all great and fun as well. I noticed the difference between this movie and "teen comedies" made now and it goes like this. Secret Admirer contained, more subtle thoughtful character based humour, characters with a little more chaste morality (even Kelly's jerk jock boyfriend Steve didn't want to cheat), no sluts, plenty of foul language, diverse scene locations, and more intelligent dialogue and plot twists. I liked the characters a lot and the music by Jan Hammer was fantastic and memorable, which makes sense, since Jan Hammer is a bad S.O.B (just listen to Mahavishnu Orchestra and you will know that). I remember that when I was ten I thought that Kelly preston had the greatest breast, and I was right! I still found the movie just as funny as I did then and found the innocence of the characters endearing, in fact I found every scene memorable. Thomas Howell played the party guy in love to a T. Seeing Corey Haim as his little brother made me sad when I think what happened to the poor guy, he was great, very charismatic! You would have thought he had a great future. Bastard drugs! Anyway the humor is constant even at the end when it seems to be getting serious you get a trippy break when Mike asks for directions.

A joy of a film. 10/10.

This film is by far the greatest of Arthurian legend movies. Yes it is very inaccurate historically but it is a fantasy movie it is not supposed to be realistic. The scenes are shot with such style. The glow of the grass and the armour is so mystically entralling that one could not easily forget this movie. I thought the cast was fantastic and the acting superb. Merlin is classic. The battle scenes are bloody and brutal. There is depth to this movie in the dialog and the expression of the tale. This, along with "Conan the Barbarian", and the original "Highlander" are my favorite fantasy swords and sorcery flicks. "Braveheart" also ranks of course without the sorcery. If anyone has seen an Arthurian legend movie that comes even close to this please tell me about it, all the ones I have seen besides this one suck! I hear there is a new supposedly "historically accurate" take on the legend but I haven't seen it as it does not come out in the theaters for some time.

None the less I think they will have a hell of a time topping this gem.