It is a tricky film to review after all its nearly 60 years old, some of the acting from the supporting cast is as wooden as the toys of that era, the dialogue is cheesy but you can see why James Dean is such a icon even today, that boy would look cool tripping over his own feet and could charm the knickers off a nun, shame he couldnt drive as well as he could act.
I really enjoyed it, some stunning American cars and Mr Dean is very watchable as the troubled teenager and was strange to see Dennis Hopper as a teenager.
Other films do the whole teenager angst better, Badlands is certainly a better film but that and the likes of grease, footloose and even twilight etc owe a debt to this, so worth seeing as this was ground zero for films about teenage life
I really enjoyed it, some stunning American cars and Mr Dean is very watchable as the troubled teenager and was strange to see Dennis Hopper as a teenager.
Other films do the whole teenager angst better, Badlands is certainly a better film but that and the likes of grease, footloose and even twilight etc owe a debt to this, so worth seeing as this was ground zero for films about teenage life
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