Michael J Fox was so hot in 1985 I remember the scream from girls in the audience as his name went up on screen. But despite the terrific title this underwhelmed me as a kid and it remains so - no real good gags, or scenes. I guess it was funny how he uses his voice to order beer, and the scene where he's seduced by the blonde is hot.
But most of this is dull, obvious ("you gotta be yourself"), encourages dangerous behaviour (surfing on top of a van) and poorly structured (if Fox doesn't really want to be a basketball player what are the stakes of him playing). It's also oppressive - "the good girl" doesn't seem particularly interested in anything Fox thinks or wants about the future, she's always invoking his father and nostalgia about them growing up together or defending the home town.
A lot more depth in I Was a Teenage Werewolf.
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