Fast Times at Ridgemont High
- warm
- gentle
- intimate
Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
How every film is hand-scored →A group of Southern-California high school students ignore their studies in favor of indulging in their teenage distractions.
Our read · Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded comedy · drama entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
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The shape of Fast Times at Ridgemont High
What watching it is actually like.
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