Other Titles • Just One of the Guys • Als Junge ist sie Spitze (1985)
Synopses for Just One of the Guys (1985)
1.
Though marketed as a raunchy teen sex comedy à la Porky's, Just One of the Guys is an amusing and well-acted comic riff on gender roles. Believing that she's lost a journalism contest because she's a woman, high school student Joyce Hyser disguises herself as a boy in order to see how the other half lives. Her investigation leads her to discover some interesting truths about how men and women treat each other in social and romantic situations. The screenplay by coproducers Jeff Franklin (a veteran TV scribe) and Dennis Feldman nicely balances the sex-driven gags with more character-driven material, which is well delivered by Hyser, Clayton Rohner as her eccentric pal, and especially Billy Jacoby as her perpetually aroused brother; the capable cast also includes Sherilyn Fenn and Arye Gross. Eighties music fans should also appreciate the soundtrack, which features tracks by Berlin, Lindsay Buckingham, and the Stooges. --Paul Gaita
(29 votes)
2.
Terry believes her teachers don't take her serious, just because she's a pretty girl. When she fails to win a journalism contest, she decides to switch schools - and gender. She plays her role well and is accepted as one of the guys. However then she meets Rick... and likes him.
(25 votes)
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Budding teenage journalist Terry Griffith can't seem to get a break--her good looks inspire drooling from her sexist male teachers, while her "perfect" college boyfriend just wants her as a trophy. So when she's rejected for an internship, she goes undercover at a rival school for a second chance--as a boy. Gender-bending high school chaos ensues. Quintessential 1980s "teenpix," right up to the beachfront Senior Prom finale.
(20 votes)
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