Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

A bit overrated, but still an amazing film

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

The comparaison may be big but let me explain first. Emilio Estevez direct his first movie here at 23, on the peek of his career. Not a bad budget at all and a nice cast with himself, Demi Moore, Tom Skerrit. Estevez's movie is telling you the story of John Wisdom, he have trouble finding a job and when he have one he gets fired. Well, he needs money. So, he convince her girlfriend to go on a spree of robbing banks. It's a very effective concept, and Emilio was barely 23 in fact in this and direct this at the same time, kudos Emilio. You did a very good job ! It's an unknown movie theses days, unfortunately, there's a lot of narration like Tree of Life, a lot of ''what the ?, huh i don't understand'' like Tree of Life... OK the performances are not Oscar worthy but this isn't 2 near 50ish year old actor that have 30 years of experience, but Moore and Estevez have 23-24 !! I don't know if Terrence Mallick saw this, but probably because it gives you a lot to think about it ! You have to watch it more than once to see the details you have probably miss, the message that the movie sent.

Lets face it most Emilio fans will have already seen this but if by some slim chance they have not then they are in for a treat as this is up there with the best of his movies.I had never heard of this film until at work one day my boss told me about the worst video he had ever seen.It was called Wisdom and so the next time i was at the video store i hired it to see if it really was that bad. Boy was he wrong,although it was never a blockbuster of a movie it draws you in from the very start as John Wisdom tells the tale of how through past criminal events he was no longer able to hold down a job, never mind get a job start with. You go through his dispare of losing the life and direction he could of had and leaves him with little option in life but to become a criminal as society has labelled him and this is what he excels in and becomes a hero and criminal for the people.Demi Moore is his unwitting partner in crime which takes you on a journey in which there is never going to be a happy ending (or is there) I must of seen this 10 times over the last 15 years and have never tired of it.Remember this is a 80s movie and with Emilio Estevez being the youngest person to ever write,produce,direct and star in a multi million dollar movie i don't think enough people give him due credit for his talents. Lets hope one day its released on DVD with loads of extra

I think alot of people knew from the get-go this movie wasnt going to be a award winning movie, but I don't think the movie was horrible. It certainly wasn't Emilio or Demi's finest work but for being the age Emilio was when he wrote and directed this movie, he didn't do that bad of a job. As far as the critics go with this movie: In my opinion they weren't going to be kind with this movie no matter how it good it was because of Demi and Emilio's "Brat pack" status.

"Wisdom" is actually nowhere near as bad as its rep would suggest if you take it for what it is: a trashy B-movie which you should watch when you feel like laughing instead of thinking. In its cool pretty boy chic fashions, the movie is just so totally 80s and the various scenes where Estevez beats the cops on his trail, such as the dummy scene, are downright side splitting. I actually liked the "cop out" ending because I thought it was original for a movie of this sort and did not see it coming. Furthermore, this movie, for its low ambitions, has some surprisingly good camera work . My main reason, though, for liking this movie is the beautiful catchy soundtrack by Danny Elfman and Oingo Boingo. Now, the bad ? Well, let´s just say that "Wisdom" never quite rises above the level of a lesser "Sledge Hammer" episode.