A good movie

Since I kept hearing good things about this flick and since I always had a weak spot for Alan Parker's work (by the way, it is a real shame that he seems to be retired nowadays), I was really eager to check his directing debut. Honestly, it was quite ambitious to make a movie only with children as his debut as kids are notoriously difficult to work with and as they are not allowed to make long shooting days. Even though I'm not a huge fan of musicals, I thought it was pretty neat and Parker already displayed some solid directing skills. Another interesting aspect was to see a very young Jodie Foster who was at that the time already a famous child star. To be honest, even though I have always been a fan of Foster, I haven't seen much of her work as a child so it was pretty neat to see her in this flick. Eventually, it was also an intriguing concept to have some kids portraying some gangsters but it was not really mind-blowing in my opinion. To conclude, even though it is nothing really great, it remains an original musical and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

7/10