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Basic Training

1985 · 88 min

A silly, dated sex comedy that coasts on innuendo and cheap laughs, feeling more like a curio than a satisfying story.

Directed by
Andrew Sugerman
Genres
Comedy
Overview
Melinda comes to Washington DC to visit her friend Debbie, and to find a job in government, where she hopes to do her part to make it better. She gets a lower echelon administrative position at the Pentagon, and finds things pretty slack. Her boss seems to be more interested in getting into her pants than trying to find lost data on the Russians. Melinda resists his advances and begins working her way up in the Pentagon, finding subtle ways of getting her policies implemented by manipulating the slovenly males that populate the Pentagon, including finding a way to defuse the mounting conflict with the Russians
How it feels
Satirical, absurd, campy and cynical. Brisk and easy to follow.
About
Gender, power, corruption, revenge
Content
Strong sexual content. Mild language. No violence or gore.
Note
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Directed by
Andrew Sugerman
Genres
Comedy
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • gender
  • power
  • corruption
  • revenge
  • politics
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism4
Romance3
Tension2
Darkness3
Complexity2
Emotional weight2

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