That's the most amusing part of this teen comedy, one of Tom Cruise's early films, and as far from All the Right Moves" and "Risky Business" as his roles in those films are. He's actually part of an ensemble, one of four high school kids going down to Tijuana (one being a much younger tag along), and his character is so shy that he barely has any dialogue. In fact, when the three older kids decide to pick up hookers, Tom's too nervous to go through it, probably because the prostitute (who resembles Linda Lavin) is his mother's age. The other two older teens (one of them Jackie Earle Haley) are quite a bit older, and the tag along kid ends up babysitting there car while they end up in a cantina.
Also present in one of her early roles is Shelley Long, quite different than Diane Chambers (which was right around the corner for her), playing a character desperate for a divorce having an argument with her husband when the kids stop by a roadside convenience store and shop with all they can get their hands on because Long's husband is too busy to notice them. The younger kid is actually very funny because he sells essays out of his locker and in Tijuana is quite the little shyster.
This is a very fair view of Tijuana, showing the rough part and the hospitality and the misconceptions about law enforcement down there which leads one of the kids into trouble. It's consistently funny, a little tacky here and there (but still amusing), and being set in 1965, there's a lot of vintage music over the comedy. So you get a unique view of going up in this era, with Haley very funny as he tries to describe without words his desire to buy Spanish fly, and with that he steals the film. Makes you wonder if the wrong actor became the superstar.
Also present in one of her early roles is Shelley Long, quite different than Diane Chambers (which was right around the corner for her), playing a character desperate for a divorce having an argument with her husband when the kids stop by a roadside convenience store and shop with all they can get their hands on because Long's husband is too busy to notice them. The younger kid is actually very funny because he sells essays out of his locker and in Tijuana is quite the little shyster.
This is a very fair view of Tijuana, showing the rough part and the hospitality and the misconceptions about law enforcement down there which leads one of the kids into trouble. It's consistently funny, a little tacky here and there (but still amusing), and being set in 1965, there's a lot of vintage music over the comedy. So you get a unique view of going up in this era, with Haley very funny as he tries to describe without words his desire to buy Spanish fly, and with that he steals the film. Makes you wonder if the wrong actor became the superstar.