A very good movie

Honestly, I had no idea what to expect from this flick. Basically, I bought the DVD because there was Winona Ryder and Charlie Sheen on the cover and it took me almost 2 years to finally watch it. Still, at some point, I discovered that Roger Ebert chose it for his top 10 of 1986 so I must admit I was rather intrigued. At first, I had a hard time during the first 10 minutes to get into the story, probably because of the awful cheesy 80's soundtrack but, pretty quickly, I was rather fascinated by the whole thing. Indeed, it was probably one of the best depictions of adolescence I had ever seen. To start with, all the actors looked pretty much the right age which was a nice touch and they all acted pretty well. Above all, I was really amazed about the behavior and even more by the dialogues which sounded for once really realistic. Indeed, those kids had some conversations which were really intriguing and you could feel that the makers really put their heart into it. The only thing which felt rather phony was the ending at the school which was too overblown and out-of-proportion and the soundtrack was pretty horrendous throughout the whole duration but, a part from that, it was a very satisfying viewing. To conclude, I really loved this flick and I think it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

8/10