Loverboy (1989 film)

This article is about the American comedy. For the 1989 Australian film, see Lover Boy (film).

Loverboy
Loverboy theatrical poster
Directed by	Joan Micklin Silver
Produced by	Gary Foster Willie Hunt
Screenplay by	Robin Schiff Tom Ropelewski Leslie Dixon
Story by	Robin Schiff
Starring	Patrick Dempsey Kate Jackson Carrie Fisher Robert Ginty Barbara Carrera Kirstie Alley
Music by	Michel Colombier
Cinematography	John Hora
Edited by	Rick Shaine
Production company	Crescent Film Enterprises
Distributed by	TriStar Pictures
Release dates	April 28, 1989 (1989-04-28) (North America)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$3,960,327 (USA)

Loverboy is a 1989 American comedy film starring Patrick Dempsey, Kirstie Alley, and Carrie Fisher.

Plot

Randy Bodek (Dempsey) is a rebellious college slacker, living with his girlfriend Jenny (Nancy Valen). His father, furious over Randy's lack of direction or work ethic, forces Randy to come back home and get a job. Randy eventually finds work as a pizza delivery boy at Señor Pizza, but his pitiful earnings will not allow him to fund college on his own and he despairs of being able to return to Jenny next semester. In his capacity as delivery boy, he soon makes the acquaintance of a middle-aged, wealthy Italian woman, Alex Barnett (Barbara Carrera), who pampers and seduces him. She and Randy enjoy a quiet, brief, passionate affair. During the affair, Randy's increasingly stylish appearance, unusually chipper demeanor and gifts being delivered by Randy's handsome Italian co-worker, Tony (signed "Love, Alex"), inspire Randy's father to believe his son is gay.

Eventually, Alex must return to Italy. Randy is disappointed; he has enjoyed his relationship with Alex, both for the lavish gifts of money and expensive clothing, and for the experience at pleasing women he can bring to his relationship with Jenny upon returning to college. Alex tells him on their last night together that the next time Señor Pizza receives a delivery order for pizza with extra anchovies, it will be her summoning him again.

However, the next order for extra anchovies comes from an unhappily married Asian woman, Kyoko Bruckner. Further orders come from Dr. Joyce Palmer, director of a women's health practice, and isolated aspiring photographer Monica Delancy. Randy's relationships with these women lead him to better understand women's wants and needs.

Through Kyoko and Monica's acquaintances, and the women Joyce recommends to Randy among her patients, Randy soon has a thriving escort business based around the "extra anchovy" order, which he manages to conceal from Señor Pizza's management. Eventually, the three women's husbands become suspicious. In an attempt to pin down who is sleeping with their wives, the three husbands go through their wives' financial statements and credit card bills, leading them to Señor Pizza to confront the delivery boy who is apparently sleeping with all three of their wives.

Meanwhile, Jenny has come to town to surprise Randy, and has learned from Jory (Dylan Walsh), a rival of Randy's, that Randy is seeing other women without her knowledge. Randy is not there, having received an order for extra anchovies -- from his mother. He escapes the situation before she sees him, and passes the pizza off to Tony, with instructions that they are out of anchovies. Randy then learns from his other co-worker Henry about Jenny's visit and Jory having told her about the other women. Randy and Jory go out back of Señor Pizza to fight, but the husbands arrive, intent on assaulting Randy. They grab Randy and are about to rough him up when Harry (Kyoko's husband) realizes that Randy is Joe Bodek's son; Joe had told Harry during a semi-drunken conversation that he believes Randy to be gay, and Harry dismisses him as a suspect on those grounds. The husbands then assault an unsuspecting Jory.

Randy confesses to Jenny about the reasons he agreed to become a paid escort. Jenny is hurt and uncertain she wants to continue their relationship, but agrees to accompany him to his parents' anniversary party. The husbands follow Jory to the party, where the party dissolves into melee, resulting in their arrest for assault. Jory is humiliated when he discovers that his own mother was one of Randy's customers. Joe forgives Randy and agrees to fund college again.

Cast

Actor	Role
Patrick Dempsey	Randy Bodek
Kate Jackson	Diane Bodek
Carrie Fisher	Monica Delancy
Barbara Carrera	Alex Barnett
Kirstie Alley	Dr. Joyce Palmer
Nancy Valen	Jenny Gordon
Robert Ginty	Joe Bodek
Vic Tayback	Harry Bruckner
Robert Picardo	Reed Palmer
Ray Girardin	Henry
E.G. Daily	Linda
Peter Koch	Claude Delancy
Robert Camilletti	Tony
Bernie Coulson	Sal
Dylan Walsh	Jory Talbot
Kim Miyori	Kyoko Bruckner

Reception

Loverboy received mixed reviews from critics, as it holds a 44% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

External links

• Loverboy at IMDb
• Loverboy at AllMovie
• Loverboy at Rotten Tomatoes
• Loverboy at Box Office Mojo