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Such a frustrating disappointment

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

An absolutely wonderful movie that is still one of the best-kept secrets of 1980s cinema. Being a Philadelphian, I love this movie if for no other reason that our city is rarely featured in period piece films. The producers of "The In Crowd" got most of the nuances of 1960s Philadelphia correct-the red police cars, shopping at Gimbel's (they went to the Cheltenham store), adults listening to WIP on the radio(although the announcer they used for it, Ed Hurst, never worked at WIP),and Vicki wearing a Phillies' jacket with the proper "P" logo of that time. Furthermore, the exterior of the school that Vicki attended is Little Flower High School, one of the three all-girls high schools in Philadelphia. Del's school, Cheltenham High, is the alma mater of hall of famer Reggie Jackson, who, according to the time period of the movie, had just graduated the year before. I think the train station the kids hung out in was the Wayne Junction station, but I could be wrong. The movie is wholesome and engaging. The characters are such that you really care about what happens to them. It's a shame they don't make movies like this anymore.Treat yourself and watch this, regardless of your age. Give this 5 stars!!

Many of my friends and i were extras in this when they filmed it in Wildwood. The film company took a bunch of high school kids from the nearby high schools. It was the beginning of my sophomore year in 1986 and quite a way to start it. It is a great campy movie and a much overlooked one, too. Altho i think my personal scene was cut (so much for my 15 minutes of fame), i know many dear friends...who i am still close to this day...do appear in it. The experience of being put in hair, makeup and costume resonates with me to this day. My gang and I still talk about it when we get together. For a brief 15 seconds, i was able to meet some of the stars. Joey P. really took his career to big heights, in spite of this flick. Regardless, this reviewer's very biased opinion: give it a roll!

This movie was overshadowed by the similarly themed "Hairspray" which was released a year earlier, but while Hairspray was more of a comedy, The In Crowd is more dramatic. The movie concerns a boy getting to dance on a local TV dance show in Philadelphia. There he finds a new set of friends who are resented by his old set. The dance scenes are well done, the music is great, Joe Palatino is great as Perry Parker, and Donovan Leitch does a good job as the lead. The ending is a little silly, and is sort of a more late 80's view of the 60's, but overall a very good film.

I wasn't going to comment until I read one other comment extolling the "hotness" of Donovan Leitch. As my subject line says, Jennifer Runyon is no slouch either. Not really a tough city girl, more of a naive, simple minded girl who is very appealing. One of the main stars of a dance show, she has to be one of the least talented dancers in the movie and the most watched. But, as in the scene at the bus stop, she does the best "standing there" and groovin' to the music I have ever seen...hehehe... She is the catalyst for the movie's action and does an excellent job as the female lead...