Synopsis
Randy Bodek works as a pizza delivery boy at Señor Pizza to make a few extra bucks. Some customers are special, though: When the order is for a pizza with extra anchovies, it means the female customers are looking for some loving. But, as Randy soon learns, life as a professional gigolo can get pretty complicated.
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Cast
- Patrick DempseyRandy Bodek
- Kate JacksonDiane Bodek
- Robert GintyJoe Bodek
- Nancy ValenJenny Gordon
- Dylan WalshJory Talbot
- Barbara CarreraAlex Barnett
- Bernie CoulsonSal
- Ray GirardinHenry
- Rob CamillettiTony (as Robert Camilletti)
- Vic TaybackHarry Bruckner
Recommandations
- 63
Miami Herald
Silver garners a hilarious performance from Dempsey, whose charm is only surpassed by his talent for slapstick. And though she lets the movie lapse into a lengthy montage in the middle, she keeps the story's wit and romance intact to the very end. Loverboy is a movie worth falling for. [2 May 1989, p.C5] - 63
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
EVERY TIME Loverboy veers toward the predictable or the situationally comedic, it rights itself. The film merits much more than a passing sigh as yet another flick for the teen audience. [2 May 1989, p.4D] - 60
Empire
Powerhouse cameos, just enough sauce and extra anchovies that no one will be complaining about. - 40
The New York Times
Lover Boy should have had the courage to admit it is hopelessly tacky. - 40
Washington Post
The film's premise is hopelessly ludicrous. Plus, though Patrick Dempsey is an agile light comedian, he's hardly plausible as a lady-killer. Patrick Swayze he's not. Alfalfa, maybe. - 40
TV Guide Magazine
LOVERBOY's "comedy" is a blend of genre-cliches and slapstick, and, not surprisingly, the film delivers few laughs. - 30
Los Angeles Times
The director has been able to do nothing with this wheezing script, one of the subplots of which involves Dempsey's dad believing that his son is gay. And the movie's moments of physical farce are mortifying...What makes "Loverboy"(rated PG-13 for sexual situations) such a pitiful waste is that Dempsey has so much potential charm. - 25
Chicago Tribune
Add the American work ethic to an Italian bedroom farce, give it to a director reknowned for small, natural, gently humorous films, and you come up with Loverboy, a comedy that is more often distasteful than funny. [2 May 1989, p.7C]
