Touches You

Don't listen to the negative reviews

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

This is my favorite movie of all time. It's an ensemble film about a group of kids who graduate high school in 1965 and what they go through the summer after commencement. The cast includes a very young Noah Wyle, Dermot Mulroney, Kelli Williams (Lindsey Dole on The Practice), Rick Schroeder, and Jill Schoelen. Some critics will inevitably call it too earnest, a hodgepodge of 60s stereotypes, or a rip-off of American Graffiti (which I didn't like nearly as much), but damn it, I love this movie! I accidentally taped half of it off HBO and spent months trying to figure out just what it was. When I finally found it, everything just clicked. I can't comment on its cinematography or its artistic merit as a "serious film," but I highly recommend it to everyone who either grew up amid the social turmoil of the 1960s or just wishes they had.

Though this movie is very political, especially concerning the Vietnam war, it is particularly relevant today. Today's generation of young people is highly political. Though, at first glance, the teens in the movie seem to be more advanced than the average teenager, more and more young people are becoming politically and socially aware. The use of the war as a background is also relevant in a generation that has almost grown up on warfare. This movie has its dull moments, but is more appealing to a younger generation because of the topics it includes. Overall, I enjoyed the issues that faced the young people in the movie, because they face many young people today.

an excellent look at one day in the life of some high school kids the "future of america", class of 1965.. very profound story, i reccomend this movie highly, and everyone who voted low for it must have not watched it at all. gives you a new understanding about 1965 and the vietnam war and the attitudes at that time, very interesting movie.

It's a shame because this movie could have been a contender with a little more care and respect for the intelligence of the audience. One thing a producer can always control is what music he uses in his movie. To see it done right check out any film directed by Martin Scorsese or Spike Lee. When a movie tells me it's the summer of 1965 and the soundtrack plays "California Dreaming" - released in February of 1966 - it tells me the filmakers just don't care, so why should I? My wife said it should have been called "Before They Were Stars" as it features early appearances by many actors who have gone on to bigger and better things - Noah Wylie, Rick Schroder, Kelli Williams, etc.