When young Wes Stern is forced to leave his school and two best friends behind, literally shuffling off to Buffalo, he finds himself lost and bored in a new town. But not for long. He's soon joined by pal Rickey Kelman and Winky Roberts to head over a barrel to Niagra Falls (the Canadian side) to go to a bordello that Stern has claimed in his letters he's frequented. But after seeing all the major tourist traps, the visiting pals demand to be taken to Rosie's which turns out to be closed (much to Stern's delight), and they set out to find others. By chance they meet the classy Jacqueline Bisset whom they believe to be a bordello worker and agree to help her cross the border illegally with the hopes of going further.
It's not as perverted as it sounds because it's quite sweetly done and Stern is delightfully naive and kind. Bisset, absolutely gorgeous, is a real lady of mystery, and her character, obviously not whom they believe her to be, is suspicious of their motives at first but later comes to like them, especially Stern who seems embarrassed by the search for sex.
With that swinging 60's sound and nice shots of Niagra Falls and the tourist traps, this is a good coming of age film that shows that even though boys may be boys, not all of them are monsters even though the two other boys seem intent on getting what they want. But there's a lot of surprises along the way that show what these young men really are in spite of how they come off on the surface.
Bisset's grin when she gets the idea of what they want indicates that she's able to take care of herself yet flattered by their attention even if nothing is going to happen. Certainly dated as far as certain themes are concerned, you can tell that these boys are going to learn a lesson about how to treat a lady and to never make assumptions. The fact that when alone these boys find that they're unable to take advantage of her is written on their face and makes for a nice twist.
It's not as perverted as it sounds because it's quite sweetly done and Stern is delightfully naive and kind. Bisset, absolutely gorgeous, is a real lady of mystery, and her character, obviously not whom they believe her to be, is suspicious of their motives at first but later comes to like them, especially Stern who seems embarrassed by the search for sex.
With that swinging 60's sound and nice shots of Niagra Falls and the tourist traps, this is a good coming of age film that shows that even though boys may be boys, not all of them are monsters even though the two other boys seem intent on getting what they want. But there's a lot of surprises along the way that show what these young men really are in spite of how they come off on the surface.
Bisset's grin when she gets the idea of what they want indicates that she's able to take care of herself yet flattered by their attention even if nothing is going to happen. Certainly dated as far as certain themes are concerned, you can tell that these boys are going to learn a lesson about how to treat a lady and to never make assumptions. The fact that when alone these boys find that they're unable to take advantage of her is written on their face and makes for a nice twist.