She's Out of Control

1989
PG
1h 30m

IMDb RATING

5.4/10

YOUR RATING

Ami Dolenz and Tony Danza in She's Out of Control (1989)

When an average-looking teenage girl gets a makeover, it's enough to make her father become overprotective of her.

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When an average-looking teenage girl gets a makeover, it's enough to make her father become overprotective of her.When an average-looking teenage girl gets a makeover, it's enough to make her father become overprotective of her.When an average-looking teenage girl gets a makeover, it's enough to make her father become overprotective of her.

Director
- Stan Dragoti
Writers
- Seth Winston
- Michael J. Nathanson
Stars

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IMDb RATING

5.4/10

YOUR RATING

Director
- Stan Dragoti
Writers
- Seth Winston
- Michael J. Nathanson
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination

Trivia
Gene Siskel said he hated this movie so much that it almost made him quit his job. He continued that seeing Say Anything (1989) later that day encouraged him not to quit. When Ami Dolenz heard that, she said, "I think movie critics are kind of crap, anyway. I'm sorry, but what a horrible job to have, to criticize other people's work, so that's why I never read them. I really don't care either way. I never really got it. I know that people have their own opinions and views and everything, but I never got into reading any kind of critics."

Goofs
The car Doug drives from the prom to the radio station changes three times over six minutes.

Quotes
Bonnie Simpson: [about Timothy] So, dad. What do you think? Perfect, right?
Doug Simpson: [almost laughing] Yeah, wow. Yale, perfect. At last, perfect. Home by 11, perfect. I, uh... wait a minute. Chapter 52. He's too perfect!

Crazy credits
Frank Pesce is listed in the end credits as "Tony Danza's Pal".

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Winter People/Say Anything.../Field of Dreams/She's Out of Control/Dead Calm (1989)

Soundtracks
California Dreamin'
Written by John Phillips and Michelle Phillips
Performed by The Mamas and the Papas (as Mamas and Papas)
Courtesy of MCA Records

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Review

Featured review

7/10

Silly & predictable, but its O.K.

I didn't mind this film. It's one of those films that are good to watch really late at night, when you really just want to wind down. It is pretty silly, but it has some funny moments. Ami Dolenz can't act very well, but in the role she is playing it really doesn't matter. Dana Ashbrook is very amusing as the leather clad boyfriend from hell. But Matthew Perry is not particularly convincing as the all too perfect Yale college boy. Tony Danza seems to be treating the whole exercise like an extended version of a Who's the Boss? episode, which is probably why he was given the part. Although it's not very original, and similar theme films have done it much better, it's still not a bad effort. At least it was not boring.