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She's Out of Control

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5.2/10 • 110

1989-04-141h 37m

ComedyRomance

Girls go wild, boys go crazy, and dads go nuts!

A Los Angeles radio-station manager's girlfriend shows his teenage daughter how to be sexy.

Directors
Stan Dragoti
Writters
Michael J. Nathanson, Seth Winston
Editors
Michael J. Nathanson, Seth Winston, Dov Hoenig

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  1. Tony Danza

    Tony Danza

    Doug Simpson

  2. Catherine Hicks

    Catherine Hicks

    Janet Pearson

  3. Wallace Shawn

    Wallace Shawn

    Dr. Fishbinder

  4. Dick O'Neill

    Dick O'Neill

    Mr. Pearson

  5. Ami Dolenz

    Ami Dolenz

    Katie Simpson

  6. Laura Mooney

    Laura Mooney

    Bonnie Simpson

  7. Derek McGrath

    Derek McGrath

    Jeff

  8. Dana Ashbrook

    Dana Ashbrook

    Joey

  9. Matthew Perry

    Matthew Perry

    Timothy

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Wuchak

Dec 2, 2020

6/10

Laugh with it, don’t psychoanalyze it A widower (Tony Danza) manages a radio station and takes care of his two girls. As he’s away on business, his girlfriend (Catherine Hicks) gives his nerdy 15 year-old daughter (Ami Dolenz) a makeover. When the dad returns home his daughter is no longer a girl, but a blossoming woman who’s attracting males left and right. Wallace Shawn plays a successful psychologist. "She’s Out of Control" (1989) is a coming of age dramedy that pokes fun at several things: The loving father who’s overly concerned about his daughter’s honor, a girl’s discovery of her womanly powers, self-help authors who supposedly have everything figured out, and the challenging relationship between the daughter’s boyfriend and her father . The title isn’t “false advertising” because everything’s told from the perspective of the protagonist, which is Danza’s character. To HIM, she is out of control. Speaking of Danza, he has John Ritter’s likable charm and easily carries the movie. Dolenz was 18 during shooting and is serviceable as the title character, but she got better in such roles as she aged, as witnessed in “Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings” (1993). The film would’ve been more successful if they casted a more iconic 80’s actress in the role (although I’m glad Molly Ringwald didn’t play the part, probably because she was too old by 1988 when the film was shot). On the other side of the gender spectrum, Dana Ashbrook stands out as rockin’ loner Joey. The main reason I was interested in seeing this flick was because Siskel & Ebert tore it to pieces on their show. Gene even said he considered quitting his job because of it. Seriously? It’s a cute high school comedy focusing on a father’s amusing travails, not frickin’ “Gandhi.” Meanwhile, in Ebert’s review, he laughably psychoanalyzed the dad’s attitude toward his daughter as “perverse,” “sick” and “sexual.” Really? All movies exaggerate reality to some degree, especially farces like this one. ALL fathers of nubile daughters can relate to his situation to some degree, even though it’s amusingly EXAGGERATED. The movie runs 1 hour, 30 minutes, and was shot in the Los Angeles area (South Pasadena, Malibu, Huntington Park, Downey, Oxnard and Hollywood). GRADE: B-

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
$12,065,892.00
Keywords
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