The sixth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1980 features Josh’s personal pick, teen comedy Little Darlings. Directed by Ronald F. Maxwell from a screenplay by Kimi Peck and Dalene Young and starring Kristy McNichol, Tatum O’Neal, Armand Assante, Matt Dillon and Krista Errickson, Little Darlings was a box-office hit that fell into obscurity after being unavailable on home video for many years.
The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/little-darlings-1980), Gary Arnold in The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1980/03/21/little-darlings-theyre-not/8ce4a5f1-31f2-4534-a37b-42f6e9e2b8fa/), and Frank Rich in Time Magazine (http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,921959,00.html).
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