Mom’s raised Paige in a “sex positive house,” and as Dillon’s on a first name basis with his pal’s mother, their exchanges are bitchy-witty and sit-commie unreal in the extreme. Mom is flushed and responsive to Paige’s authoritarian track coach’s ( Aasif Mandvi’s) advances. “I guess the ‘promiscuous gene’ skips a generation,” Dillon quips.
Isn’t she fated to be the one Paige falls for, playing by “Breakfast Club/Pretty in Pink” rules? Gabriella has a sportier, more introverted and more butch sister, AJ ( Auli’i Cravalho). “Obvious” is where “Crush” goes a little wrong, and that’s just the start.
