# Name that movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 8, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-movie/595635 "2011-09-08T18:16:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-movie/595635/1 "2011-09-08T18:16:36Z")
A co-worker was telling me about his kid’s teacher, and how she reminds him and his wife of some woman in a movie. There is very little to go on here, but you’re all usually amazing at naming a film with very little to go on. This is a film where the “star” is a teenager or young woman, made sometime in the mid 80s to early 90s. She has a short, sort of page boy haircut (by a guy’s description, so don’t fixate too much on page boy). In the film she’s constantly talking and annoying, but cute. According to my cow-orker she may have been one of the “next big thing” sort of starlets that never made it. Oh, and she has dark hair. That’s all I’ve got. Have at it. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-movie/595635/2 "2011-09-08T18:18:55Z")
I should add, said cow-orker has somewhat low brow taste in movies, so it may have been something awful. ---
**Author:** ![Stormcrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/0ea827/32.png) [@Stormcrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stormcrow)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-movie/595635/3 "2011-09-08T18:19:33Z")
The thing that immediately comes to mind is [Something Wild](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091983/) with Melanie Griffith. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-movie/595635/4 "2011-09-08T18:20:15Z")
Sounds like Michelle Meyrink in “Real Genius.” ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-movie/595635/5 "2011-09-08T18:25:03Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > Sounds like Michelle Meyrink in “Real Genius.” First thing that popped into my head, too. Christ, she was adorable. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQkf-LmsGZw](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQkf-LmsGZw) ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-movie/595635/6 "2011-09-08T18:30:18Z")
I was thinking [Natalie Portman](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KFxmlXHAk1A/TS-cQuiftgI/AAAAAAAABxc/LP6si9Fdf9o/s400/theprofessional-cleaningguns2.jpg) from '94s **The Professional** , although she did kind “make it.” Probably too young there too. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-movie/595635/7 "2011-09-08T18:35:48Z")
I think the film was a comedy, and I’m assuming that they’d know who Natalie Portman and Melanie Griffith are. I’m checking with him now. ---
**Author:** ![Stormcrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/0ea827/32.png) [@Stormcrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stormcrow)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-movie/595635/8 "2011-09-08T18:37:04Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > Sounds like Michelle Meyrink in “Real Genius.” Oooh, that’s another good one, though I’m not sure she was ever a “next big thing” kind of actress. For the OP, even a tiny sliver of plot info would be handy - comedy, drama, action movie, etc. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-movie/595635/9 "2011-09-08T18:41:23Z")
> [@Stormcrow](#): > > Oooh, that’s another good one, though I’m not sure she was ever a “next big thing” kind of actress. > > For the OP, even a tiny sliver of plot info would be handy - comedy, drama, action movie, etc. Sorry, they got nothing, although I did get the impression it was along the lines of comedy. She’s supposedly the main character/focus of the movie. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-movie/595635/10 "2011-09-08T19:03:06Z")
He said: “No, cutier… more conservative…” to which I asked? “Both” (Didn’t ask about “The Professional” with Portman) ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-movie/595635/11 "2011-09-08T19:10:22Z")
Making Mr. Right with Ann Magnuson? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-movie/595635/12 "2011-09-08T19:19:08Z")
> [@mcgato](#): > > Making Mr. Right with Ann Magnuson? I’m thinking, based on is earlier description, that it’s someone born more 1970-ish than mid 1950s, but I’ll check with him. FWIW, I’ve never heard of that actress or that film. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-movie/595635/13 "2011-09-08T19:23:15Z")
Kate Reid in “The Andromeda Strain?” ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-movie/595635/14 "2011-09-08T20:08:53Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > Kate Reid in “The Andromeda Strain?” Now I think you’re just messing with me. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-movie/595635/15 "2011-09-08T20:28:12Z")
Well, yeah. Another possibility is Kim Darby, but I don’t recall her in any chatterbox roles. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-movie/595635/16 "2011-09-08T20:30:03Z")
Any chance you could get a look at the teacher? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-movie/595635/17 "2011-09-08T20:33:37Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > Any chance you could get a look at the teacher? I was thinking that at lunch. Might be easier to work from her to the movie than the poorly described movie back to the teacher. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-movie/595635/18 "2011-09-08T20:34:39Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > Well, yeah. Another possibility is Kim Darby, but I don’t recall her in any chatterbox roles. Kim Darby is WAY too old to fit. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-movie/595635/19 "2011-09-08T20:36:34Z")
Did they see the movie in the theatre in the late 80’s early 90’s or did they see a much older film on TV. Heck, they could be talking about Shirley Temple. Talks a lot, annoying as hell, main character, just saying. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-movie/595635/20 "2011-09-08T20:39:30Z")
Main character is a teen or young adult. Shirley Temple was never one of those; she went straight from childhood star to middle-aged ambassador. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-movie/595635.md?page=2)