Review of Stand by Me

Not bad for a coming-of-age film. I always find those types of films so boring, I also hate the stereotypical characters that come along with the boredom. But, this, was somewhat different. I've seen a few films like these with Corey Feldman, like The Goonies, which yes, I did enjoy. Though I only really watched this for River Phoenix, I think he was a good child actor, and it is a shame he died early, he's only really known for this film, which kind of annoys me. It's the same situation with a few others actors who died early too, for example: James Dean - Rebel Without a Cause; Heath Ledger - Dark Knight. So...I really would have liked to have seen more of Phoenix, but sadly that wont be.

Some of the reasons I liked this film, and I'm giving it a 7 was 1. I liked the majority of the story, for it didn't for bloody once include long dirty talks about sex, girls more sex etc. I detest those things in a film, let alone in a coming of age film, but, no I was certainly free from all of that.

Though, this must be mentioned, I thought the story was oh so very slightly weak, it honestly did not have a lot to go on, but I've been redeemed by such matters in books, why should it be different in a film?, yes, that's a question I'd like to know the answer to.

Overall, I've seen some pretty bad (disgusting) coming of age films, but I truly think that this film had a spark of originality. Though come on, I only really watched it in the first place to coming a step nearer to watching the whole of River's filmography. And, thankfully, it most certainly wasn't a disaster.

7/10