Main Cast: Tony Danza, Catherine Hicks, Ami Dolenz, Wallace Shawn, Dick O'Neill
Release Year: 1989
Country: US
Run Time: 95 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
Director Stan Dragoti, whose forte is plumbing the depths of the male psyche, plumbs those depths once again in She's Out of Control. Tony Danza stars as Doug Simpson, a broadcasting executive who has trouble adjusting to the fact that his fifteen-year-old daughter Katie (Ami Dolenz) is blossoming into a sexual being. This realization kicks in after his fiancee Janet (Catherine Hicks) takes Katie for a makeover; suddenly she appears before Doug looking like a sultry super model. Now Doug is unable to look at his daughter as anything other than as a sexy chick, and he spends his time fending off packs of horny suitors while dictating morality to Katie. It finally gets to the point where Doug consults with television psychiatrist Dr. Fishbinder (Wallace Shawn), who recommends that Doug read a book he has written for single fathers, advising him, "If you're a slow reader, you better put your daughter on the pill." ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
Laura Mooney - Bonnie Simpson; Derek McGrath - Jeff; Dana Ashbrook - Joey; Matthew Perry - Timothy; Michael Alaimo - Baggage Handler; Marcie Barkin - Doug's Secretary; Diana Barrows - Lisa; Michael Bower - Kid at Beach; Kerry Brennan - Dancer; Todd Bridges - Water Man; Robert Casper - Maitre'd; Megan Gallivan - Dancer; Marc Gilpin - Parking Attendant; Todd Jenkins - Dancer; Peter Linari - Security Guard; Matt McKenzie - Airport Security Officer; Bess Meyer - Cheryl; Kate Murtagh - Chaperone; Jim Raposa - Dancer; Philip Arthur Ross - Date; Steven Robert Ross - Date; Gary Schwartz - Optometrist; Scooter Stevens - Bonnie's Date; Eric Walker - Volleyball Player; Terry Wills - Flight Captain; Lance Wilson-White - Richard; Aurorah Allain - Dancer; Susan Isaacs - Receptionist; Robbie Rist - Corvette Kid's Friend; Dustin Diamond - Kid on the Beach; Kevin O'Keefe - Beach Boy; Jan Bina - Harpist; Mitch Braiman - Joey's Friend; Suzy Cote - Dancer; John Hendrickson - Beach Boy; Kenneth Hoyt - Disheveled Kid; Brad Kester - Andy; Mina Kolb - Mrs. Pearson; Jim Ladd - Voice of KHEY-FM 97.5; Rusdi Lane - Doctor; Tony Max - Patient; Jeff Maynard - Boy Friend; Scott Morris - Corvette Kid; Oliver Muirhead - Nigel; Ron Pace - Security Officer; Ria Pavia - Robin; Michael Shepard - Dr. Feldman; Laura Summer - Receptionist; Brad Tanner - Boy Friend No. 2; Dylan Tucker - Tommy; Joshua Waggoner - 12 yr. Old Kid; Thomas R. Zak - Lifeguard
Credit
Joe Wood - Art Director, Bill Wilson - Associate Producer, Amanda Mackey-Johnson - Casting, Stephen Deutsch - Co-producer, Michael J. Nathanson - Co-producer, John G. Wilson - Co-producer, Marie France - Costume Designer, Stan Dragoti - Director, Dov Hoenig - Editor, Robert Kaufman - Executive Producer, Alan Silvestri - Composer (Music Score), Timothy R. Sexton - Musical Direction/Supervision, Michael Hancock - Makeup, Frank Griffin - Makeup, David Snyder - Production Designer, Donald Peterman - Cinematographer, Bruce Gibeson - Set Designer, Clayton Pinney - Special Effects, Wally Crowder - Stunts, Michael J. Nathanson - Screenwriter, Seth Winston - Screenwriter
Widower Doug Simpson (Danza) is a radio station producer from California who lives with his two daughters, Katie (Dolenz) and Bonnie (Laura Mooney). When his oldest daughter (Katie) turns 15, she suggests to her father that's it's time for her to start looking more grown-up. For the last 14 years, Katie had been wearing dowdy clothes, braces, and thick glasses and hanging around with Richard, her next-door neighbor and long-time boyfriend (who had won Doug's approval); but when Doug leaves on a business trip, Katie transforms herself, along with the help of Doug's fiancée Janet Pearson (Hicks), into a knockout beauty.
When Doug returns, he is shocked to find boys from every walk of life interested in dating Katie. Janet suggests that Doug needs psychiatric help when his obsession with Katie and her boyfriends reaches extreme limits. Throughout the latter half of the movie, Katie maintains three boyfriends, two of whom she eventually stops dating. At the end of the movie, Katie takes a class trip to Europe and reunites with Richard again — at which point Bonnie, her younger sister, begins her own dating spree.
