For some reason, this one always gets the shaft. Okay, so it's essentially a Porky's ripoff (with a gang of guys going to Tijuana to get laid, instead of some rowdy redneck honky-tonk), but to me, it's a hell of a lot better than Hot Chili or Hot Bubblegum or countless other early '80s raunchy teen comedies.
For me, Jackie Earle Haley was the star of this movie, as Dave. He had the best bits, the funniest lines, and...that sock. The scene at the pharmacy where he's trying to score some Spanish Fly, using pantomime and some really bad mock-Spanish is an absolute riot. I liked Shelley Long a lot then; too bad she just kind of faded away after a point. She was good in this. Tom Cruise...what can we say? He's there...not much else to say. But, of course, he's the only one who really scores.
One other scene worth mentioning has John Valby (aka "Doctor Dirty"), as a sleazy guy banging on the piano, singing really filthy songs about gangbangs to a drunken crowd. Kind of a lost art these days. The dirty songs, that is!
This was a personal favorite when I was in the third grade. It was a longtime staple on TBS for years afterward, although I couldn't bring myself to watch it after the censors got hold of it. I'm sure all the good stuff would be gone. But they loved to show the scene where Dave is shouting "We're going to be as crude as we want, as filthy as we want, and as gross as we want!". Choice words!
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