Jailbait

Jailbait! is a broad comedy produced by MTV. Every character is a caricature of a person, and the acting is way over the top. The music is MTV at it's worst. By now, you're thinking I hated this film. Quite the opposite, I was thoroughly entertained. The IMDB comments are all over the place. Nearly everyone who commented used politically correct disclaimers about the evils of underage sex, and one even went to far as to say the movie had no value. He admitted that the film "startled him into laughing out loud," but wasn't actually funny. I'm sorry, but if a film makes me laugh out loud several times, it is funny. Further, if I am still awake and laughing at the end, it is an entertaining movie.

Lets set the players:

Kevin Mundy as Adam, the most popular senior at his High School. Mary Gross and Matt Frewer as his religious parents Reagan Pasternak as Amber, narrator of the story, Adams steady, and a career virgin, who is saving herself for marriage. Alycia Purrott as Gynger, 15 1/2 year old nymphette who seduces Adam, and ends up pregnant. Scott McCord as Chuck Clopperman, the cheap attorney hired to defend Adam.

As the story opened, Amber was talking about her nearly perfect boyfriend (except for some small problems in their senior year). She mentioned that, although there was a lot of sex going on in High School, she thought waiting was better, and she opined that the people having sex weren't having fun doing it. During the narration, we are watching examples of High School couples "doing it," or getting ready to.

NUDITY REPORT

One of the couples was doing it in a car. This is the unknown actress I asked about. I would still like to identify her, as she had the only actual exposure in the film.

Adam was lured by Gynger, and did her in the bathroom of the local Little Chicken. His best friends promised not to tell, but spread it all over the High School. Meanwhile, Adam and Gynger were finding lots of opportunities. Shortly after Adam's 18th birthday party, Gynger discovered she was pregnant. They told Adam's parents, or, to be more exact, she told Adam's parents over dinner. "I am pregnant, you know, like Mary was with Jesus, only I know who the father was." The mother's reaction was to support the baby, because, after all, "A baby is a gift from God, a precious bundle of joy, even if it is a bastard." Adam and Gynger had been hoping for money for an abortion, so they tried Ginger's mother, who said, "Why you no good leg-spreadin' over-ovulatin' little slut." Gynger's mother then tried to stone them with household items. The police were called, and Gynger's mother was off to jail, but the statutory rape became a matter of police record. When the local district attorney, who was running for mayor, decided to make an example of Adam as a campaign issue, and go for the maximum penalty of 30 years, the fun really started.

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Many see this film as showing what a terrible problem underage sex is, but I don't agree. The problem here was not the age of Ginger, or the age of Adam. In fact, she was the sexual aggressor, and was by far the more mature of the two. The real problem was irresponsible sex without protection. Had either of them thought to use birth control, there would have been no movie to make. While the film is mostly tongue in cheek and played for laughs, it does show the consequences of irresponsible reproductive behavior, and should probably be required viewing for all young teens.

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The People Vote ...

With their votes ... IMDB summary. 4.2 out of 10, which is far too low. I would say 6.2 would be more accurate.