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{{short description|1987 film directed by Francesco Lucente}}
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| director       = Francesco Lucente
| writer         = Francesco Lucente<br>Alan Ricardo
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| producer       = Francesco Lucente<br>Lawrence G. Ryckman
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| cinematography = Kevin Alexander<br>Joseph Bitonti
| editing        = Francesco Lucente<br>John Welsh
| music          = Brian Island<br>Danny Lowe<br>Brad Steckel
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| country        = Canada
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'''''The Virgin Queen of St. Francis High''''' is a 1987 Canadian [[Teen film|teen]] comedy film directed by Francesco Lucente and starring Joseph R. Straface, Stacy Christensen, and J. T. Wotton. The plot concerns a teenage [[Casanova]] who bets his high school rival and his friends, that he can obtain the school beauty queen.
==Plot==
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The story follows the adventures of two teen boys, Mike and Randy, as they both vie for the affections of their school's most popular girl, Diane, who is known for her vow to remain chaste until marriage. The two make a bet: if Mike can get her to lose her virginity to him in the nearby Paradise Cabins, he'll win $2,000. If he fails, Randy gets the money. Randy is certain that Mike has no chance, as he's the most popular guy in school whereas Mike is a shy nerd. Enlisting the help of his best friend Charles, Mike manages to make Diane fall for him and even agree to meet up with him at the cabins that weekend. Just as success seems imminent Diane's friend Judy discovers the bet and informs Diane, making it necessary for Mike to do whatever it takes to save his relationship with Diane.
==Cast==
* Joseph R. Straface as Mike
* Stacy Christensen as Diane
* J.T. Wotton as Charles
* Anna Lisa Iapaolo as Judy
* Lee Barringer as Randy
* Bev Wotton as Diane's Mother
* Terrance Ballinger as D.J.
* Tara Wilder as the Waitress
* Barry Onody as the Bartender (as Barry Allen Onody)
* John Michaud as Allan
== Release ==
''The Virgin Queen of St. Francis High'' was given a theatrical release in the United States in late 1987.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 17, 1987 |title=Movie listings |work=The Palm Beach Post (Newspapers.com) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/129794170/?terms=%22Virgin%20Queen%20of%20St.%20Francis%20High%22&match=1}}</ref>
==Reception==
Critical reception for the film was predominantly negative.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Curtright |first=Bob |date=November 18, 1987 |title='Virgin Queen' goes for sniggers but is too boring |work=The Wichita Eagle (Newspapers.com) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/701810106/?terms=%22Virgin%20Queen%20of%20St.%20Francis%20High%22%20Lucente&match=1}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Shary |first=Timothy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JZAQAwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Virgin+Queen+of+St.+Francis+High%22&pg=PA367 |title=Generation Multiplex: The Image of Youth in American Cinema since 1980 |date=2014-03-07 |publisher=University of Texas Press |isbn=978-0-292-76071-4 |pages=367 |language=en}}</ref> According to ''[[The Leader Post|The Leader-Post]]'', ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' reported that its opening in Hollywood was so negatively received that "people cussed at the awful soundtrack and "one rebellious soul asked all other patrons to join him as he stormed out to the lobby to demand a refund.""<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 16, 1988 |title=Showbiz Briefs |work=The Leader-Post (Newspapers.com) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/496986777/?terms=%22Virgin%20Queen%20of%20St.%20Francis%20High%22%20Lucente&match=1}}</ref> Writing in the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', in 1987, Michael Wilmington concluded that the movie is "a stupefying banal basement-budget sex comedy, in which an obnoxious premise is done so ineptly it’s hard to get offended by it."<ref name=nanal>{{cite news |last=Wilmington |first=Michael |date=8 December 1987 |title=Movie Review : 'Virgin': A Basement-Budget Sex Comedy |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-12-08-ca-27309-story.html |work=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=22 February 2020}}</ref> ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'''s
[[Mick LaSalle]] wrote that the movie was among the worst of the year.<ref name=worst>{{cite news |last=LaSalle |first=Mick  |date=9 December 1987 |title=The 'Virgin Queen' May Be The Best of the Worst |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|page=E4 }}</ref>  Soren Anderson of ''[[The News Tribune]]'' in a dual review, said this film, and ''[[Cold Steel (1987 film)|Cold Steel]]'', are "equivalent of coal lumps in the Christmas stocking".
<ref>{{cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Soren |title=Moviemakers can crank out these lousy formula films in their sleep |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103124219/ |access-date=4 June 2022 |work=The News Tribune |date=December 14, 1987}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=tt0096394}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|m/virgin_queen_of_st_francis_high|The Virgin Queen of St. Francis High}}
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