I liked it and I rate it an 8 out of 10.
I always enjoy films that pertain to the 1950-60s era and this film fits that bill perfectly about a bunch of young men (not boys anymore) and women who have been friends for years who always hook up at their favorite Baltimore Diner. The men's backgrounds are varied as what you would expect them to be in real life. You have the habitual gambler. Hairdresser and law school student Boogie (Mickey Rourke) is more interested in taking a shortcut to success by making high stakes bets with a street bookie and we all know how that may work out.
You have the young man. Shrevie (Daniel Stern) who is married already and is an electronics salesman and music maniac who goes crazy when his wife .Beth (Ellen Barkin) even so much as touches one of his record collection and does not put it back exactly in the chronological order he has created in his own mind.
Then you have the young couple who are scheduled to be married on New Years Eve 1960 that is as long as the potential bride can pass her fiances home test by answering a series of sports related questions all of which refer back to his favorite NFL football team, the Baltimore Colts.
One character who you will recognize is a very young. Kevin Bacon wou plays the misguided but wealthy Fenwick, who survives not by working on any particular career path but solely on his parents funding his lifestyle and heavy drinking and hard driving.
There are a few more characters as well but you get the gist. It's a great movie that touches on this potpourri of characters over a 24 hour period that will keep your attention to determine what will happen next. A great job by the film director. Barry Levinson.
I always enjoy films that pertain to the 1950-60s era and this film fits that bill perfectly about a bunch of young men (not boys anymore) and women who have been friends for years who always hook up at their favorite Baltimore Diner. The men's backgrounds are varied as what you would expect them to be in real life. You have the habitual gambler. Hairdresser and law school student Boogie (Mickey Rourke) is more interested in taking a shortcut to success by making high stakes bets with a street bookie and we all know how that may work out.
You have the young man. Shrevie (Daniel Stern) who is married already and is an electronics salesman and music maniac who goes crazy when his wife .Beth (Ellen Barkin) even so much as touches one of his record collection and does not put it back exactly in the chronological order he has created in his own mind.
Then you have the young couple who are scheduled to be married on New Years Eve 1960 that is as long as the potential bride can pass her fiances home test by answering a series of sports related questions all of which refer back to his favorite NFL football team, the Baltimore Colts.
One character who you will recognize is a very young. Kevin Bacon wou plays the misguided but wealthy Fenwick, who survives not by working on any particular career path but solely on his parents funding his lifestyle and heavy drinking and hard driving.
There are a few more characters as well but you get the gist. It's a great movie that touches on this potpourri of characters over a 24 hour period that will keep your attention to determine what will happen next. A great job by the film director. Barry Levinson.