Watch: Stay Cool 2009 123movies, Full Movie Online – The film centers on a successful author who is forced to confront an unrequited high school crush when he returns home to deliver a commencement address to graduating seniors. Shasta O’Neil, a sexy high school senior flirts with the visiting author and invites him to the prom. The film is described as a “knowing-your-age comedy”..
Plot: The film centers on a successful author who is forced to confront an unrequited high school crush when he returns home to deliver a commencement address to graduating seniors. Shasta O’Neil, a sexy high school senior flirts with the visiting author and invites him to the prom.
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Mark Polish should have been fired and replaced.
Being a Winona Ryder fan, I saw this listed in her credits but had never heard of it. A cute concept for a movie is destroyed by a non-charismatic, lifeless and dull performance by Mark Polish. DULL! And when he speaks you can’t even hear him! The actors around him (Winona, Hilary Duff, Sean Astin) are hilarious but can’t save the movie. Hilary is a little too old now to play the High School dreamboat, but she pulls if off anyway. Too bad it’s a bore, because the film has nice production values and decent writing. Who knows what really happens when a movie is made, but I’m sure Polish’s lack of anything other than arriving on the set is the reason this wound up in Red Box and Netflix without ever being in theatres.
I need a hug
This is a light comedy. Henry McCarthy (Mark Polish) is an author of some renown. He has written a fictional book about his High School years, although in reality it is about his own experiences with some name changes. There is a bunch of first person narration in the film which are actual readings from the book. The names of the characters he reads don’t match up with those they refer to making it slightly confusing at first until you realize Lauren is Scarlet.Henry comes back in town and lives at home with his parents and borrows their car. He is at his old High School to connect with the current senior class so he can be the commencement speaker at graduation. During this time his whole teenage angst returns as he tries to connect with Scarlet. Scarlet is a pharmacist played by Winona Ryder, which is humorous on a different level. Her ex-bf Brad is the gym teacher. He and Henry get into it and are sent to the principle’s office, who is played by Chevy Chase. In order to make things more difficult, bombshell student Hilary Duff throws herself at him. Toward the end of the film, some people from his high school finally read his book and realize they are in it. The book Henry wrote was about how Lionel (Ritchie) got him laid, although it was a Kenny Loggins song that inspires him at the end of the film.
Sean Astin was perhaps the bright spot, playing a gay. Except for him, much of the acting was flat. Mark Polish, who wrote the script was dull as the lead. The movie attempted to create those wonderful indie characters, but failed primarily due to the lack of good memorable lines and Polish’s flat performance. I could picture Adam Sandler playing that part.
The movie is clever in that it is able to recreate the entire high school scene for Harry as an adult. This is a chick flick written by a guy. It might suffice as a date night rental. I perhaps overrated the film because I enjoy watching Sean Astin, Chevy Chase, Hilary Duff, and of course Winona Ryder can steal any scene.
No f-bombs, sex, or nudity.
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 34 min (94 min)
Budget 4500000
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated PG-13
Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director Michael Polish
Writer Mark Polish
Actors Winona Ryder, Mark Polish, Sean Astin
Country United States
Awards 1 nomination
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix N/A
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera Red One Camera, Zeiss Master Prime, Ultra Prime and Angenieux Optimo Lenses
Laboratory N/A
Film Length N/A
Negative Format Redcode RAW
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format), Redcode RAW (4K) (source format)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (anamorphic)