I was on an eighty’s movie kick about a year ago—Can’t Buy Me Love, Better Off Dead, Heathers, Weird Science. The eighties movie generation just happened to revolve around teen comedies, high school torment, and puppy love. In this sense, Take Me Home Tonight really hits the nail on the head.

This story centers on one night of redemption, booze, cocaine, sex, and all of your lovable high school stereotypes. Even though Matt Franklin (Topher Grace) has spent four years out of high school and holds a degree from MIT, he is back home working at the video store in the mall. His portly and zany friend, Barry Nathan (Dan Fogler), just got fired from his job at the car dealership, and Matt has just run into his high school crush and been invited to the Labor Day Weekend party of the century. This should give you a good idea of the setup.

As a new graduate, I can understand the need to lie about what you do for a living. Write for The Atlantic, create content for Groupon, coauthor a novella with ZZ Packer—yes, I’ve said it all. So, it makes complete sense to me when Matt Franklin tells Tori Frederking (Teresa Palmer), his high school crush, that he is working for Schlumberger. After all, it is the late eighties and the market is soaring, so why not exaggerate a little?

First of all, everything that you might expect to happen in this movie does happen. You’re not watching it to be surprised, but to relive the glory days of the time period. Trust me–I should know. I was born at the turn of the decade. If anything, the most striking thing about this movie was Tori Frederking’s startlingly similar appearance to Kristen Stewart. Even weirder, I couldn’t decide who was more or less attractive.

I know that I’ve mentioned this before, but I’m pretty fond of Anna Faris. She plays Matt’s popular sister and the girl dating the king of the douchebags, Kyle Masterson (Chriss Patt.) It is the perfect role for him, and I mean this in the best way. However, I thought that Anna Faris did not really have the chance to be as silly as she usually is on screen. The insanity and drug-addled depravity was left to the position of Barry Nathan, who after getting fired, steals a car, does the coke he finds in the glove box, and has a dance battle at the party. Barry is your run of the mill funny, fat guy, but he does a great job and really brings the laughs. Topher Grace acts just about the same in this movie as he did in That ‘70s Show, a slightly sheepish and insecure guy who has a lot to offer but doesn’t realize it.

This is a fun movie. There is nothing groundbreaking and it follows the “eighty’s guide to movies” pretty well. It would be a good date movie because neither party would be left feeling too existential, too sad, or too pleased once the movie ends.