My Tutor

If you are after a comedy that actually makes you laugh out loud, My Tutor is available in Australia on Cultpix, and in the US on Cultpix right now. The length is exactly right for the story it is telling — nothing rushed, nothing dragged out. 82 viewers have already rated it on TMDB — the kind of consensus that does not happen by accident. Watch it for Caren Kaye — stay for everyone else around them. Available now on Cultpix — press play and find out why people keep recommending it.

There is a reason My Tutor keeps coming up in conversation. The jokes in My Tutor land because the characters underneath them are worth caring about. High school senior Bobby Chrystal fails his French class, which will block him from entering Yale. His rich, authoritarian father hires an attractive 29-year-old to tutor Bobby over the summer and help him pass a make-up exam. While Bobby's friends lead him away into strange excursions aimed at losing their virginity, Bobby finds all the extracurricular activities he needs with his new tutor. Caren Kaye and Matt Lattanzi lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was released in 1983. The real test of any comedy is whether it is still funny once you know all the jokes, and My Tutor holds up on rewatch in a way that separates it from one-off curiosities. There is real craft here, even in the moments that do not fully land.

My Tutor is the kind of thing you put on in the background and end up fully watching. It has built its own audience without needing a direct comparison. A contained runtime means every scene is doing real work. Caren Kaye is funny in a way that holds up on rewatch. Put it on when you need something guaranteed to land.