Okay, here we go... it was fun to me.

A woman struggles with what she wants out of life. She pivots.

A man's marriage is falling apart. He's vulnerable, but well-meaning.

A confused, nubile teenager amorously wants to feel like a woman. Nothing new here.

A father wants to protect his daughter. But he's not innocent, either.

A daughter tries to cope with her parents' marriage demise while being supportive of her friend.

Thus the set up for shenanigans while a couple try to find their way back to each other.

One critic referred to the overuse of slapstick comedy, but I saw far more subtle humor than critics give this movie credit for. In a decade of comedy set up by the likes of Animal House, Porky's, and Caddyshack, and such lowbrow, puerile, teen-titillating shlock, this was a balancing act centred around family drama.

Two final thoughts:

1. The idea that these "side relationships" might happen with people they knew isn't crazy. Remember, in The Silence of the Lambs, what Hannibal told Clarice? "He covets what he sees." It's the familiar, that which is so close, yet taboo, that intrigued them. You can't long for, or lust after, or even, make a convenient outlet of, something you never see - it's what's right there, convenient, available, and willing, that can be converted into a dalliance, that gets converted to a dalliance.

2. In real life, Michelle Johnson was not a child during production of this movie. Born in September 1965, she'd have been 17/18 during filming in 1983 for a movie that was released in February 1984. Additionally, her character, Jennifer, was 17 years old in the movie. So, again, pedophilia is not in play here. Yeah, it's on the edge, and the edginess makes for some discomfort but, hey, society has tolerated - nay, celebrated and turned a blind eye - plenty worse in real life.