this is one of the best movies i have ever seen. i have watched it for over 12 years and i never get tired of it. c Thomas Howell is gorgeous and Juliette lewis is amazing in it. i would recommend everyone take the time to see it. well worth watching!!!! it will make you laugh and cry but will leave you with a feeling of happiness at the end. not a predictable ending. it is far better than recent girlie movies out and i would recommend it for men as well. it really is up there with my other favourites like dirty dancing, flash dance and Bridget Jones diary. not much more i can really say about this except if you haven't yet seen this then go and try and rent a copy today. i promise you won't be disappointed.

This had to have been the best movie in my life that I have ever seen. It took me years after seeing it to even track a copy of it down. If I had to recommend a movie, this would be it. Definitely two thumbs up on this. It truly explains how friendships and relationships develop and sometimes work and sometimes don't and also discusses the nature of death to a younger crowd. I saw this movie when I was about 11 years old and it fit into the category of being teased in my life and actually helped me coat with some of the problems that I was battling. The next time that I saw the movie, I actually had most of my family watch it with me. Now that I am older, my family is now watching the movie with me tonight.

That night is, without a doubt, a classic coming-of-age film, as well as a classic 50s story of romance, forbidden love, and (long island) suburban blissful ignorance. But the book is better. Alice McDermott's masterpiece (in her own right) is even more an unforgettable tale than this. For all those who claim that this is their favorite film, or even a great film: I beg you to read the book that spawned it.

The film follows a brief period in the lives of two girls, one about 10 and the other about 17, and how they influence each other.The acting is excellent and the script captures the period well. I hope that parenting has improved today from what is sown in the film.On a top-level the film is about both breaking out and striving for independence.