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Hiding Out

- There's only one thing more frightening than murder.. High School

A very successful stock broker is called to court to testify against a mob boss who was into some inside trading. Andrew Morenski must become Max Hauser and go back to high school for protection from the mob.

Release Date : 1987-11-06

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : DEGEvenmore EntertainmentLocomotion Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Jon Cryer

Character Name : Andrew Morenski / Max Hauser

Original Name : Jon Cryer

Gender : Male

Keith Coogan

Character Name : Patrick Morenski

Original Name : Keith Coogan

Gender : Male

Annabeth Gish

Character Name : Ryan Campbell

Original Name : Annabeth Gish

Gender : Female

Tim Quill

Character Name : Kevin O'Roarke

Original Name : Tim Quill

Gender : Male

Oliver Cotton

Character Name : Hit-Man

Original Name : Oliver Cotton

Gender : Male

John Spencer

Character Name : Bakey

Original Name : John Spencer

Gender : Male

Gretchen Cryer

Character Name : Lucy Morenski

Original Name : Gretchen Cryer

Gender : Male

Anne Pitoniak

Character Name : Grandma Jennie Morenski

Original Name : Anne Pitoniak

Gender : Female

Jack Gilpin

Character Name : Dr. Gusick

Original Name : Jack Gilpin

Gender : Male

Lou Walker

Character Name : Ezzard Williams

Original Name : Lou Walker

Gender : Male

Joy Behar

Character Name : Gertrude

Original Name : Joy Behar

Gender : Female

Nancy Fish

Character Name : Mrs. Billings

Original Name : Nancy Fish

Gender : Female

Ned Eisenberg

Character Name : Rodriguez

Original Name : Ned Eisenberg

Gender : Male

Claude Brooks

Character Name : Clinton

Original Name : Claude Brooks

Gender : Male

Marita Geraghty

Character Name : Janie Rooney

Original Name : Marita Geraghty

Gender : Female

Beth Ehlers

Character Name : Chloe

Original Name : Beth Ehlers

Gender : Female

Reviews

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John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

The only thing more frightening than murder....High School! Andrew Morenski is successful stock broker who is called to court to testify against a mob boss who was into some rather dubious dealings. When one of his co-workers, who is also due to give evidence, is murdered, Andrew is called to be guarded by the police. But all thoughts of safety are blown away when an attempt on Andrew's life quickly follows. On the run, Andrew finds a safety haven in the form of his cousin's High School. Posing as a student, Andrew finds that High School has a whole different type of peril waiting to engulf him....again. Released just a year after Jon Cryer had become popular due to his turn as Duckie in John Hughes' Pretty In Pink-Hiding Out finds Cryer attempting to be leading man potential. That he isn't, is of no major harm to this charming and overlooked picture in the American teen comedy genre. When we first meet Cryer's Andrew Morenski, he's a successful business man with a beard you could lose a badger in. But we know it's a youthful Jon Cryer (he was 21 at the time of making the film but looking every inch like a teenager), so it's kind of a murky start from which to hopefully entice the viewer fully into the premise. Yet it all quickly turns around as Morenski hits High School. Hair dyed two colours and dressed like some rockabilly rebel, this is where Cryer steps into his element. From here on in, save for the inevitable gun buffoonery show down at the end, the film is a delightful comedy about the perils of school. Love, rivals, school politics and witch like teachers all come in for a shiny going over in Bob Giraldi's film. Some of it's twee, and some of it is even morally questionable, but it wears its comedy and romantic heart on its sleeves. Hell the film even has something to say about the truth and how it's taught in schools (look out for a great sequence as Andrew/Max calls into question the teachers teaching of President Nixon). So it's not all fluff for sure. But it's the fluff that drives the film to its conclusion, and if that fluff chiefly is decent enough to have met the viewers expectations? For me it most certainly did, I only asked one thing from this film, and that was for it to give me some chuckles and to leave me smiling come the end. It did both, so maybe, just maybe, you missed this in the late 80s and are now stuck for some 80s veneer comedy with a zippy 80s soundtrack. If so? This might just be the ticket for you. 7/10