Reviews

I first saw this movie at a drive in theater when I was in college back in the late 1970's.

I liked it but didn't think much about it for a long time. Recently I caught it again and realized what a thoroughly good movie it was.

Never mind the setting or time period. If you ever felt any teen-age angst, or if you ever felt a part of anything bigger than you, this is a movie that you can relate to.

The soundtrack is good if you like early 1960's music. But to me this was incidental.

Powerful performances propel this movie, although the ending is a bit strange. All of the acting is A-1 in my book.

Once again I am forced to defend a decent movie. I saw this movie when it came out, I was in college. I thought it was very funny and was a blend of comedy and drama that was above most of the other fair at that time. I saw it again recently and while it had perhaps lost a little of its luster I thought it was still pretty funny. Of course, if you don't like anyone saying politically incorrect things (even if that person is presented as a total moron) then you might be too "delicate" to appreciate the humor.

Tim McIntyre was hilarious as Roscoe Rules and there was a young Randy Quaid, and James Woods as well. Charles Durning is effective in this film and far from hating the ending, I thought it was not "Upbeat" but rather merely stopped the movie from being a total downer.

I have read some of the previous reviews and am somewhat dumbfounded. This is a very rich, very funny movie, and has a moral, though it isn't the type to hit you over the head. It instead, makes you think.

Several younger people don't seem to get this movie and I can understand that to an extent. I believe that movies in general have improved over the years and comedies especially can become quickly dated.

But this is not one of those. I won't be so brazen as to suggest that people do not know what they like, but I would encourage everyone to review this movie sometime, when you are older perhaps. Seller's performance is fantastic.

I rank this as one of the 25 best movies I have ever seen, and I have seen a lot.