Four years after graduation, an awkward high school genius uses his sister's boyfriend's Labor Day party as the perfect opportunity to make his move on his high school crush.
It's the late 1980s, when Wall Street is riding high, and it seems as if the entire country is cashing in on the bumper profits. Disgusted with the materialism that surrounds him, Matt Franklin, a brilliant young MIT graduate, has walked out on his well-paid position at a local lab and taken a low-level job as a video clerk, much to his father Bill's consternation. And the crises keep piling up in Matt's life. His best buddy Barry has just gotten fired from his job, his brainy sister Wendy is getting hitched to her vapid boyfriend Kyle, and the gorgeous Tori Frederking, long-time object of Matt's unattainable adoration, is suddenly back in the picture. Now, on one wild, woolly and irresponsible evening, everything is coming to a head, with explosive results.
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The title of this movie is a reference to the eponymous Eddie Money/Ronnie Spector song, which appeared on Money's 1986 album 'Can't Hold Back'. The song also plays during the trailer for the movie.
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Plot holes:
"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.
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