leah thompson here in the guest spot.or making a lot of great movies about the '80s. now you've made another piece about the '80s, even though you made it this year. but why are the '80s such fertile ground for filmmakers? >> i have no idea. i've made a good living at it. i think i might be the only actress who's played, you know, a mother of someone in the '80s that's a teenager, 30 years in a row. i don't know. this movie is so fun. because it's kind of poking fun with the most affectionate heart at the '80s. mike tuly, who wrote it, it's kind of like his life. when i read the script, i didn't quite think it was as funny as it was when i saw it at sundance. he just had this attention to detail about the '80s. and it's so affectionate. it was really a lot of fun to make. >> hip-hop in there, a lot of, like, '80s details. >> parachute pants. >> ari still wears those. >> well, it is set in the '80s and has the great '80s details. but it's not like to be like "the wedding singer," it's supposed to be authentic '80s, channel