Una post-adolescente se muda a la ciudad de Nueva York, se enamora de una belleza con corazón frío y luego encuentra el verdadero amor con una chica leal.Una post-adolescente se muda a la ciudad de Nueva York, se enamora de una belleza con corazón frío y luego encuentra el verdadero amor con una chica leal.Una post-adolescente se muda a la ciudad de Nueva York, se enamora de una belleza con corazón frío y luego encuentra el verdadero amor con una chica leal.
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- 8 nominaciones en total
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But while the movie is directed with gusto, it doesn't manage to mask a big problem with the movie. The first half of the movie is really slow going with the story. Sure, the direction hides this thin story for a while, but eventually you realize that not much of substance is actually happening. Things do start moving after the halfway point or so, but it's kind of hard to get involved with what's happening because none of the characters are really all that sympathetic. Even the hero fails to arouse sympathy, because he is for the most part a real spineless wimp. The fact that all the performers give really broad performances doesn't help. In the end, the movie can only be recommended to people with real special interest in Hollywood filmmaking from this period, and even they might find it tough going at times.
Here's a confused, virginal young man, constantly picked on by his over-bearing parents, trying to find his way in the world of New York City. Bernard is his name and just watch what he does with initials he spots.
The gal that wants him he doesn't want, and the gal that he wants doesn't want him. Got it straight? No wonder this is turning into a "cult" film.
The acting is first rate in a lot of places. Geraldine Page is always great and Rip Torn can handle most roles. Julie Harris was "perfect" as Mrs. Thing (honest, that's her name). Speaking of names, the part played by Lisa Hartman is Barbara Darling, a would-be actress who dances in a go-go club at night.
Watching Bernard weave his way through conniving co-workers and the strange behavior of Miz Darling, is worth the price of admission.
I always wonder who writes these critiques for IMDB, and should I trust them? For that reason,I'd like you all to know that I am a male senior citizen, but this movie made me feel 18 again. You'll find yourself running into similar things that happened to you in your youthful pursuits.
You could do a lot worse taking a chance on a movie.
Unfortunately by the halfway point of "You're a Big Boy Now" it totally runs out of steam and you begin to understand that its obscurity is well-deserved. Coppola's script is the problem because the cast are generally excellent and you can tell they had a lot of fun making the film. Even minor cast members like Dolph Sweet do a good job and there are great little sequences like Kastner's after dark explorations of the New York City streets. But unlike "Herald and Maude", Coppola says nothing with this film; consequently it ends up as a classic case of the whole being considerably less than the sum of its parts.
I am not in love with Coppola as a director, but even those who are will acknowledge the incredible distance between his good stuff and the vast majority of his films. This is not his good stuff but is worth checking out if you like Hartman, Harris, and Page.
Besides that, I'm a Native New Yorker, so I've got a natural attraction for movies filmed in New York City, and the rest of the tri-state area. Biff Rules!
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- TriviaAlthough he had quit film school some years earlier, this film was acceptable for Francis Ford Coppola as his thesis at U.C.L.A. film school in 1966, earning him a Master of Fine Arts degree.
- ErroresAlbino therapist's skin coloring was as tanned as that of non-albino patient Barbara Darling; real albinos lack pigmentation, resulting in flesh that looks nearly white.
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Jailer: [as he unlocks and opens Bernard's jail cell] Out you go.
Bernard Chanticleer: Why?
Jailer: You're out in custody. Your bail's been paid.
Bernard Chanticleer: [after a thoughtful pause] I've been in the custody of my parents for almost twenty years now. And they've taught me nothing but self-doubt, frustration, and perpetual guilt. I'm going to be in my own custody from now on. I won't go!
Jailer: A nice-lookin' girl paid it.
Bernard Chanticleer: I'll go!
[Gets up and walks out]
- ConexionesEdited into The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002)
- Bandas sonorasGirl, Beautiful Girl
Written by John Sebastian (as John B. Sebastian)
Performed by The Lovin' Spoonful
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- Presupuesto
- USD 800,000 (estimado)