It's a weird movie. In a good way.

Great performances from the young cast, with beautiful photography and sound. The symbolism is too obvious, but it was made as an art film for kids.

Incredibly average considering who is involved. Symbolism pokes its head around at every corner and it also featured a disappointing ending. Still it was watchable.

So you thought Coppola was all washed up after the 70s.. well, I did, but boy was I wrong. This is a great film! Coppola uses a provocative camera style reminiscent of Touch of Evil with which he creates a gritty, yet surreal atmosphere that suits the mysteriousness of Rourke's character perfectly. The cast is awesome with Hopper, Rourke and Dillon turning in wonderful performances. So if you want an existential film about troubling youth and street gangs, don't hesitate to watch this!

Somewhat dull, strange, oft-times beautiful.

This is a better film than I though it would be as I watched the beginning. Partially because Matt Dillon struck me as very odd initially but by the end I bought his character and felt good about his performance. Mickey Rourke and the young Diane Lane are the ones to watch here; Rourke proves himself on the level of the greats in films around this time and it's impossible to see him in this film and not compare him favorably to Marlon Brando. Dennis Hopper gives a great small performance.

Some of the acting feels like it's taken straight out of a ninth grade school play. Serriously, who hired Matt Dillon?

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What's up with all the reggae music?

The Motorcycle Boy Reigns

It isn't totally awful, but it is pretty bad. Disappointing considering who made it and the amount of decent actors involved. The metaphors were too obvious and pretty stupid. The ending is a laughably bad metaphor (anything is possible!). The score was really good but sometimes it got in the way of the story. Lastly, Sofia Coppola has to be the ugliest kid I've ever seen, her teeth were about as big as Matt Dillon's eyebrows. 10 points just for that, impressive genes Coppola.

Not bad I guess, but not nearly as good as The Outsiders. The direction gets too arty for the story.

Weird. Film school-ish. Flawed, yet interesting, primarily because of its cast.

Incredibly irritating, over-stylized dreck. The worst was the cacophony of music and ambient sounds constantly drowning out the dialogue.

Just one of my all time favorites to start this off right

I think this is the sort of "blank canvas" of a film that allows you to paint any deep and meaningful message onto it that you want .... or, if you dont want to, its just nothing. Beautifully shot, great cinematography, great cast, but a script that mainly consists of the phrases "let's get out of here" and "what man?". I found this really heavy going, but compelling, nonetheless, and I painted on the message that following people blindly can mean you end up going nowhere. Worth watching.

Very good movie. Mickey Rourke is bad-ass!

Feels like it's trying to be "Rebel Without a Cause," only without the likeable characters.