Take Me Home Tonight

When Matt Franklin ('Topher Grace' (qv)) gives his speech before entering the ball, in the crowd is a party-goer wearing an Adidas beanie with the modern 3 sloped bars logo.

The film is set in 1988, but the modern Adidas logo wasn't designed until 1990.

Tori lists Purple Rain as her favorite album in the yearbook.

While the album and movie were both released in 1984 when they graduated high school, they were released on June 25th and July 27th respectively, both of which are dates after when they would have graduated.

In the Suncoast video store there is a copy of RAT.

This film was released in 2000.

There is a scene where Motley Crue's "Kickstart My Heart" is playing prominently, but the album came out in September 1989.

The film takes place on a night in 1988.

When Barry gets fired, he runs to Mike's sister's car and gets in.

As the car passes the cameraman can be seen in the window.

After Matt shows off his impressive math skills, Carlos says that he's "like having Rain Man on the floor, except you can touch him", comparing Matt to Ray Babbitt in the movie "Rain Man".

This conversation takes place on Labor Day (September) of 1988, yet "Rain Man" wasn't released until December of 1988.

AnachronismsWhen Barry is fired and gets into Mike's sister's car, as they pull out immediately behind them is a Porsche 928 GTS - this model wasn't available until 1992; the correct model should have been an S4.

The GTS model has a band of red reflector across the rear connecting the light clusters.

The S4 (correct car for 1988) has none.

Before Matt and Barry steal the Mercedes, there is a Nissan Dealer visible in the background with the companies new logo which was not used until 2001.

Several cars at the parties have visible license plates that start with the number 4 (as in 4ABC000).

In California, standard numeric plates only reached the first digit of 3 as of 1993.

In the 1984 yearbook, there are several anachronisms.

There's a clip of A-ha's video for "Take On Me", which wasn't released until 1985.

There's a photo of ALF, a video clip of the California raisins, and a photo of four girls with the inscription "walk like an Egyptian".

Alf, the California Raisins and the song "Walk Like an Egyptian" are all from 1986.

Near the end of the yearbook credits, the phrase "don't worry, be happy" appears with a yellow happy face.

"Don't Worry, Be Happy", the Bobby McFerrin song that popularized the phrase, wasn't released until 1988.

- PLOT"Japanese takeovers' is the initial lie Matt Franklin tells Tori regarding his job description at a non-existent Goldman Sachs Los Angeles office.

When Matt introduces himself at the second party in Beverly Hills to Tori's lecherous boss at Drexel Burnham Pete, his story changes to 'currency speculation'.

The supposedly intelligent Tori accepts this new lie with out blinking an eye and even confesses she was impressed with Matt's 'Rainman-like' gift with numbers demonstration.

When Anna first informs Matt that she heard back from Cambridge in her room she does so by holding up an envelope that clearly says "Cambridge University" on it with the university's crest below.

The correct name is "University of Cambridge" and would say so on the envelope (with the crest to the left) like thisXX University of XX Cambridge Besides, she would not receive her notice from the University of Cambridge anyway because you apply to a college within the university and the college responds.

In the beginning of the film when they are at Suncoast Video, the VHS box for the film "Twins" appears on a wall behind Topher Grace.

This film takes place in early September 1988 and "Twins" wasn't released theatrically until December 1988.

The EARLIEST "Twins" would have been released on home video is summer 1989.

When Matt and Barry are found in the stolen car (after they run it off the road while trying to snort cocaine) by Matt's father and his police partner, Matt's father breaks the driver's side mirror off the car with his baton.

When he lifts Matt off the ground, the mirror is on the ground, but there is what appears to be one still attached to the driver's side of the car; it is actually the head-restraint of the driver's seat that the camera angle makes appear to be a reattached mirror.

Matt is seen taking multiple sips of his drink at the beginning of the party, but the bottle looks full in multiple shots.

Before Matt and Tori get on the trampoline, Matt sets down the bottle of wine and it falls over.

When they both get off the trampoline, the bottle can be seen upright on the ground.

The song Safety Dance is played at the party, which happens in 1988.

The version that is played was the Biomix version from the 1996 movie Bio-Dome, not the 1983 album release.

While the film is set in 1988, some of the films seen at the video store would not see a video release until later on.

Topher Grace hasn't had a whole lot of luck since That 70's show ended just five years ago. I always felt like Eric was the most likable character and I'd hoped that Grace would go on to do other things.

This movie was funny to say the least. It also had a list of great players.

The movie wasn't bad, decent entertainment if you are bored or need to kill a few hours. What I don't understand though is why the makers of the 80's retro movies cant get the wardrobes right.

I think it's better than the current 6,3 standing in IMDb. I've watched it multiple times over the years, which I can't say about many 6,3 movies.

Favorite people, favorite era, and all out favorite movie. If you haven't seen it yet, watch it.

Alright, so going into this film, didn't know what to expect. Cast besides Topher Grace I didn't know and the story while it seemed done to death could be done well.

Nothing about this film is completely overblown or stands out to make this film completely memorable. It is a decent watch and has a feel of a sitcom type comedy, in its humor.

This film tells the story of an ivy league graduate who has no direction in his life. He finally makes a move on his high school crush in a party.

Great movie with 80's nostelgia. Good fun, excellent feel good movie it good old 80's style.