This run-of-the-mill teen romantic comedy's main attraction is 22-year-old
Demi Moore as Laura Victor, an aspiring rock singer. The slightly younger
Jon Cryer is Charles Cummings, a dedicated photographer who meets Laura, falls in love, and decides that a dedication to furthering her career might further his own amorous designs. Charles is essentially a loser when it comes to women -- and just about anything else except photography. One day Charles captures Laura on film along a San Francisco seashore and is shocked but excited to run into her later while at a North Beach nightclub where she is a performer. Unable to just let her go, he finally convinces her to pose for him, and as a result of that session he comes up with one good photo which he then puts on nearly 200 San Francisco cabs -- using up all his savings in the process. The result consists of offers that have nothing to do with singing -- until one exception occurs. Another new face in the crowd in this conventional movie is
Jennifer Tilly (younger sister of
Meg Tilly and Oscar-nominated for her role in
Bullets Over Broadway), working in her first film. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide