fox be a serious look at the consequence of grow up too fast in the 1980s . and unlike the teen sex comedy that overshadow it ( porky and fast time at ridgement high ) and the movie hold up well against time . it theme of teen angst be a relevant today a it be 25 year ago and jodie foster and sk8er boi scott baio ( remember him . ) lead a fine young cast that well worth watch . the film follow four southern california girl a they move through a rootless existence of sex and drug and devoid of parent . the teen spend their day in and out of school and their night at party and concert and or out on the street . seldom be they home because instant gratification be a pill and party and or boy away . but rather than condemn them and the film be sympathetic and blaming absent and uncaring adult for force the teen to grow up alone . and the charismatic cast be impossible to dislike . the film open a long and love pan set the tone for what follow . we see the girl asleep at daybreak amid the object that define teen girlhood and from twinkie to a picture of a young john travola and while donna summer on the radio be score beneath . from there the movie pick up speed a the girl head off to school and to life . annie ( runaway rocker cherie currie ) be the wild child who live for the next party or pill . deirdre ( kandice stroh ) be the boy crazy drama queen . madge ( marlilyn stroh ) be the shy girl in over her head . and foster be the one with the plan . it her job to keep this crew together long enough to finish high school while also hold her divorced and desperate man hunt mother in line ( sally kellerman ) . it an almost impossible job and one that foster ultimately fail at . despite it age and fox remain a pleasure to watch . date hair and clothes and and reference to olympic skater dorothy hamill haven not hurt the movie . the cinematography be simply stunning and with breathtaking filtered shot of the l. a. basin at dawn and dusk and at night . giorgio moroder add a 80 soundtrack feature the like of donna summer and janis ian . perhaps the movie big disappointment be that the young star around foster never break out like the cast of st. elmo fire ( 1985 ) or empire record ( 1995 ) . fox show why they should have . but perhaps like bowl for soup song 1985 and they just hit a wall .