If I didn't have a soft spot for 80s movies, I would not have been able to sit through this flick. A movie may still be entertaining without a serious plot or point, but the problem here was that I found the main characters very annoying. Chris Penn was obnoxious and not in a fun way, Eric Stolz was mainly dull, the girls were weak beyond belief. The only one who I cared for was Jim (Ilan Mitchell-Smith of Weird Science fame), and his subplot was the most underdeveloped of all. The conclusion (if you can call it that) was also quite stupid: we are supposed to feel that this was a transformative coming of age and all lived happily ever after.
On the upside, the acting and soundtrack were decent and there were a few entertaining scenes. I have certainly seen worse flicks but would not recommend this to anyone but 80s buffs who have already seen all the good stuff from the era.
Review of The Wild Life
