She's Out of Control

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

1989 1h 37m EN

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★5.2TMDB · 123

ComedyRomance

Synopsis

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

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

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Cast

Tony Danza
Doug Simpson
Catherine Hicks
Janet Pearson
Wallace Shawn
Dr. Fishbinder
Dick O'Neill
Mr. Pearson
Ami Dolenz
Katie Simpson
Laura Mooney
Bonnie Simpson
Derek McGrath
Jeff
Dana Ashbrook
Joey

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Stan Dragoti
Writers: Michael J. Nathanson, Seth Winston
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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37 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Stan Dragoti, shot by Donald Peterman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Alan Silvestri. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Dov Hoenig shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Tony Danza and Catherine Hicks and Wallace Shawn carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Girls go wild, boys go crazy, and dads go nuts!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0098308 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Stan Dragoti directs. Donald Peterman behind the camera. Alan Silvestri scores. Dov Hoenig cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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137 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Directed by Stan Dragoti, shot by Donald Peterman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Alan Silvestri. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Dov Hoenig shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Tony Danza and Catherine Hicks and Wallace Shawn carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Girls go wild, boys go crazy, and dads go nuts!".
7IMDB entry: tt0098308 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Donald Peterman
Original score: Alan Silvestri
Editing: Dov Hoenig
Production design: David L. Snyder
Makeup / hair: Frank Griffin
Stunt coordinator: Wally Crowder
Runtime: 97 min · 1h 37m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $12,065,892
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: She's Out of Control (1989)

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Wuchak2020-12-02
★ 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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