{"id":5415,"date":"2008-04-03T12:45:01","date_gmt":"2008-04-03T19:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5415"},"modified":"2023-10-31T22:41:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T05:41:24","slug":"private-lessons-1981","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5415","title":{"rendered":"Private Lessons (1981)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Fifteen is the perfect age. Just think: you&#8217;re giving him private lessons &#8212; an advanced education!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Private-Lessons-Poster-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Private-Lessons-Poster-1-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-63057\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Private-Lessons-Poster-1-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Private-Lessons-Poster-1-87x128.jpg 87w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Private-Lessons-Poster-1-183x270.jpg 183w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Private-Lessons-Poster-1.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA sexy maid (Sylvia Kristel) is forced by her unscrupulous co-worker (Howard Hesseman) to seduce the wealthy teenage boy (Eric Brown) they both work for.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Blackmail<\/li>\n<li>Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Coming-of-Age<\/li>\n<li>Ed Begley Jr. Films<\/li>\n<li>May-December Romance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis dated, unfunny sex comedy features awful acting, a distasteful plot, and genuinely few redeeming qualities. Sylvia Kristel &#8212; best known as the title character in 1974&#8217;s soft-core cult hit <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=61319\"><em>Emmanuelle<\/em><\/a> &#8212; is sexy but stilted, while Eric Brown as the unbelievably naive teen she seduces is instantly forgettable. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Private-Lessons-Brown-Kristel2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Private-Lessons-Brown-Kristel2-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-63055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Private-Lessons-Brown-Kristel2-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Private-Lessons-Brown-Kristel2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Private-Lessons-Brown-Kristel2-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Private-Lessons-Brown-Kristel2-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Private-Lessons-Brown-Kristel2-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Private-Lessons-Brown-Kristel2-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Private-Lessons-Brown-Kristel2.png 1815w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The flimsy storyline (involving blackmail and a faked death) is merely an implausible excuse for &#8220;titillating&#8221; scenes of reverse-Lolita seductions &#8212; somewhat shocking only because Brown was actually underage during filming (Kristel used a body double). Watch 1983&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2292\"><em>Risky Business<\/em><\/a> for a much more enjoyable variation on the same theme.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ed Begley, Jr. in a small role as a tennis instructor-turned-&#8220;cop&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Private-Lessons-Begley.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Private-Lessons-Begley-1024x572.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-63059\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Private-Lessons-Begley-1024x572.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Private-Lessons-Begley-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Private-Lessons-Begley-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Private-Lessons-Begley-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Private-Lessons-Begley-1536x857.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Private-Lessons-Begley-484x270.png 484w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Private-Lessons-Begley.png 1829w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; skip this clunker.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0082948\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1981\/08\/30\/movies\/risque-comedy-private-lessons.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qwipster.net\/privatelessons.htm\">Qwipster&#8217;s Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/reviews\/71461\/private_lessons.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Fifteen is the perfect age. Just think: you&#8217;re giving him private lessons &#8212; an advanced education!&#8221; Synopsis: A sexy maid (Sylvia Kristel) is forced by her unscrupulous co-worker (Howard Hesseman) to seduce the wealthy teenage boy (Eric Brown) they both work for. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Blackmail Comedy Coming-of-Age Ed Begley Jr. Films May-December Romance Review: This dated, unfunny sex comedy features awful acting, a distasteful plot, and genuinely few redeeming qualities. Sylvia Kristel &#8212; best known as the&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5415\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5415"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92906,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5415\/revisions\/92906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}