License to Drive (1988)

The second in the run of iconic 80s flicks that the "two Coreys" starred in together towards the end of that decade. It's rather formulaic 80s teen comedy, and had I watched it back in the day I don't imagine I would have thought too much of it. However, watching it in 2011 through the rose-tinted lens of nostalgia it actually emerges as a classic historical cinematic document. While ostensibly a cheesy comedy (and for 80s fans like me it still works on that level), it is also -- and perhaps more importantly -- a snapshot of the golden era of America's wealthy suburban middle class. Big cars, drive-in diners, roller skates, telephones in bedrooms, teenage angst, tranquil tree-lined streets with huge double-storey houses, yellow schoolbuses.. it's all here. Feldman is classic as always -- though he takes a back seat (literally) to Haim. Also features a young (and slightly gawky looking) Heather Graham as Haim's dream girl.