Colibel
Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.
Tockinit
not horrible nor great
Grimossfer
Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%
Plustown
A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.
SnoopyStyle
15 year old Phillip Filmore and his friend are curious about sex. His father is away for 3 weeks with "business". Lester Lewis (Howard Hesseman) is the disgruntled family chauffeur. He brings in French housekeeper Nicole Mallow (Sylvia Kristel) to seduce Philly. Then the boy is trapped in a blackmail scheme after she fakes her death. Ed Begley Jr. has a small role as tennis pro Jack Travis.This is every teen boy's fantasy and definitely pedophilely. Young Eric Brown is with naked Kristel in many scenes. It's indefensible but hormone-filled boys cannot get enough of this movie. The story is actually compelling and the acting is surprisingly competent. The kid is good and there are real actors in this thing. It's soft-core porn for teen boys. This and Porky's are the best of its genre at the time.
Konehead677
If you're searching for a serious film to watch this evening; be sure to pass this up. If, however, you're looking for a teenage boy's fantasy on film; you've come to the right movie. This movie is ridiculous. With acting that is marginal at best, the only thing going for it is its nudity, and cheesy laugh factor. This movie would never be released into today's society. Just the mere premise of it screams of pedophilia and statutory rape. All of that being said; this movie held my interest for 120minutes. I don't know if it was the horrible plot lines, or the very naked Sylvia Kristel. Either way, the film was a teenage boys dream come true. Definitely worth a late night watch, i'm sure it's better than the infomercials on the rest of the dial. Enjoy.
Son_of_Mansfield
One of the those "coming of age" films that should have nostalgia for adults and promise for the kids. This movie has neither. It is a poor excuse to let Sylvia Kristel's body double frolic with a dorky Eric Brown. To make matters worse, the movie is either silly or stupid when it tries to be funny, sexy, or dramatic. Laugh awkwardly as we are supposed to believe that a teenager would go alone with burying a dead woman in his front yard. Ponder vigorously on why a woman famous for Emmanuelle needs a body double. As the movie went on and on, I started to imagine a hybrid of Private Lessons and Little Miss Millions that had Sylvia Kristel seduce Jennifer Love Hewitt as Howard Hesseman makes us nostalgic for WKRP. Watch this to laugh at other people's stupidity, or for Ed Begley Jr.'s committed performance, or to wonder what Sylvia Kristel would look like with Jennifer Love Hewitt. But I can give you an idea of your lesson, stay away from movies staring Sylvia Kristel that are not Emmanuelle.
harrytrue
I remember seeing "Private Lessons" when it first came out. I later looked at the book it was based on. The book is more serious and darker.Needless to say, unless you are 100% gay, this is a nice dream. I was kind of let down that they didn't live happily ever after together.There is a double standard in this movie. What would people have thought if Lester had seduced Phily? Or if Lester had seduced a girl? A woman seducing a girl would have been accepted.I've read that it is more frequent for women who have sex with underage boys to be taken to the courts. It's not seen as a "Private Lessons" thing anymore by others. In Canada, the age of consent starts at 14. It might change with a new government.
