although i be bear in the year that this movie come out and have never hear of it until my junior year of high school ( 1996 ) when i saw it i become totally engrossed laughing and cry and feeling along with the character because me and my friend be them . their hair and clothes and speech be outdated but the emotion and the desperation of each situation be so familiar . i remember think how real it be and how i wish that they would make movie like that still . in fact i saw this movie the night after i have be at a crazy party ( not so unlike the one in jay house ) which have be crash by what we consider the loser derelict who hang out on the fringe of our crowd . a world class bser and responsible mother figure type i identify immediately with jeanie ( i be also the one with a car ) although i have a little bit of madge insecurity float around in there too . my best friend be a deidre and her good friend from childhood be our annie . watch the scene when jeanie be in school or the one where her and her boyfriend break up and then she be tell madge how much she love him felt like conversation and situation i have personally have . now at the age of 27 i recently saw the movie again and felt a surge of emotion because it be like watch back a piece of my own youth ( though none of my friend die ) . i think this be a must see for all girl 13 and up .