Pete is a bad man. I commend Scott for having the guts to stand up to him when others wouldn't.OK...... So on a serious note, I am 28 and I dig this movie. I watched it when I was a kid, and have fond memories. Even part 2 is good. If you liked it, give "On Our Own" a try. Another Featured Films for Families classic. This brings back some good memories. The message is good, the acting is not top notch, but I have seen way worse. If you are bored and want to switch up the movies you have been watching, give this one a try. It is good for kids too. It is on DVD not just VHS and you can probably find it online pretty cheap. Some of the stuff is kind of funny, like them breaking bottles and setting trash cans on fire, but I suppose it is better than showing violent scenes for the type of movie this is.

I first saw this movie in Sunday school. The entire class was so impressed. Seriously, it's such a horrible movie, we all fell in love with it and it became a super big joke. I later found this on DVD via Netflix and lost the copy I made. I shall own this again. legally or illegally. The story is a fine example of light Christian morals implied with the natural morals from right and wrong. The acting is just donkfunkulous and spiffy. These stupid kids go about the town calling themselves The Buttercream Gang and they are taken serious! Really? I wanna live in this town. It does appear that the town is influenced by the church though. Which is cool. It's not the over-bearing kind of God fearing fools. In this town, doing the right thing is certified gangsta. They keeps it real by looking out for their brethren. And I also have a feeling Pepsi sponsored parts of this movie.

The film is OK, I mean it teaches a moral, that's good, but this movie is loaded with hilarious drama and ideas. I think it's especially funny when Pete, being the psychopathic idiot when they give him pop and everything, goes ballistic in Mr. Graff's shop and rants and says: "That's it I'm gonna sabotage your whole shop." and starts breaking things and scaring people. I haven't seen the movie in almost 3 years but I reflect on it and now I laugh at that until my stomach cramps. And even then after I laugh it convulses rapidly. I just think that part of the movie is FUNNY!

Don't get me wrong - I believe in morals, but this movie gives them a bad name. A good moral is no excuse to make a bad movie. Someone made this film to teach kids the value of good deeds and unconditional friendship, but it's so badly put together that nobody's going to associate that message with anything good. What really did it for me was the idea that a good small-town kid (who looks plenty old enough to be somewhat set in his values) could go off to the city and almost immediately come back with a new fashion statement, a bad attitude, and a very unconvincing stereotypical urban bad boy accent. Sheesh, at least avoid insulting our intelligence by allowing several years for this transformation.