Product Description: Computer geeks usually don't get the girls... but imagine how things would change if a computer program could help! This "amusing sharply acted" (Variety) teen comedy follows a young genius as he allows his raging hormones high intellect - and desktop computer - to ensnare him to the most unsolvable of all equations: love!Nineteen-year-old whiz kid Charles Highway (Dexter Fletcher) has developed a computer program that can attract any woman he fancies. But despite his computer know-how Charles' current project the sweet and beautiful Rachel Noyce (Ione Skye Say Anything) refuses to download her affections! And when he falls head over heels with her everything short-circuits for this cyber-lothario... and he finally gets a taste of how much unrequited love mega-hurts!System Requirements:Starring: Dexter Fletcher Jonathon Pryce Ione Skye James Spader Directed By: Damian Harris Running Time: 94 Min. Color Copyright 2003 MGM Studios.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: R UPC: 027616889393 Manufacturer No: 1004935
Languages and subtitles The Rachel Papers (1989) (zone 1) directed by Damian Harris
Languages: ENGLISH stereo surround Subtitles: ENGLISH - FRENCH - SPANISH
An Extra Star For the Skye This is quite a 2-Star movie. The extra star is for all the nude scenes with Ione Skye. If that's what you're after, then rent this one. I wish I'd seen this when I was 13 and all the American movies with Skye were teases. This one pays off.
THOROUGHLY ENJOYABLE MOVIE - GET IT!! I'm 39 and STILL love this movie. Saw it first while in my 20's and this is still one of my favorite movies of all time!! Ione Skye is stunning in this movie - you definitely won't be disappointed!! Saw her recently in a television show about the FBI and she doesn't look NEARLY as good as she did in this movie. Her personality was also very good in this movie. James Spader is pretty good too. Sad to say, I STILL can't find a copy of the soundtrack, which is GREAT!!
weren't we all him ... ? Come on critics, lighten up. This movie is pure fun. I love it as much in my 40's as I did in my 20's. It may not be hip enough for later generations, but if you came of age in the 80's - it should remind you of yourself, and make you smile.
Yes, Ione is stunningly beautiful, and the direction is awesomely tailored to capitalize on that fact. Highly stylish.
There is a catchy soundtrack; and, dare I admit it, I could relate to Charles Hiway far too many times. The Rachel Papers captures perfectly the chase, the rapture, and the disappointments of that first killer crush. I love this movie! ... enough to waste my precious time to write a review of it. :)
The Rachel Papers Perhaps not on par with the novel but more accessible. Although brilliant and highly original, I think Martin Amis' first book contains some obscure passages and insider English schoolboy jokes. Also, the 1970's setting of the book has been replaced by the 1980's in the movie.
Ione Skye and Dexter Fletcher portray the growing relationship between Rachel & Charles rather well. James Spader fills in nicely as DeForest, the rival boyfriend. The college scene with Michael Gambon as Doctor Knowd is particularly humorous.
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