Little Darlings (1980 Josh’s Pick)
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).
Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1980 installment, featuring our foreign film pick, Francois Truffaut’s The Last Metro.
