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This is a classic love story with a strange setting. Kiefer Sutherland plays a boy with some big social and affective problems, who falls in love with a deaf girl that is trying to find her place in the world. The way this is played out makes the story kind of hard to watch, but at the same time tremendously endearing.

Both actors do a great job, especially the girl, Vanessa Vaughan. I've read she's actually deaf, so I guess she had that as an advantage. Communication plays an important role in this movie, as both characters teach each other to beat their fears. And Vanessa's smile is nothing short of spectacular.

That´s what the cover said, well i can agree to that. I always liked Kiefer Sutherland and his performance is not bad in this one either. So whats this move all about. Brooks (Kiefer Sutherland) is a eccentric rich kid with a foundness for big band music. He is dominated by his older brother Clevland (Peter Spence) that has a foundness for drugs and party. One day Brooks meets Annie, a deaf girl and they develop a special friendship and new understandings.

Well a good drama/love story depends on there charachters very much, and there are some flaws, for a start his brother played by Peter Spence is badly played, i guess its partly the directors fault. The movie has much of this 80´s style in it, but not all bad. I guess if the brother was played by somebody else and not totaly styled, this move could have been more timeless. As it is now, i get irritated everytime i see the guy. Well the movie is still good, i found it to be a very nice down to earth love story about to different types of induviduals, it has a nice pace and nice big band music (and a real crappy 80´s pop band ^^) and Kiefer is putting up a very nice preformance.

If you like to see a different down to earth 80´s love story, this is the movie.

This film is an excellent example of Canadian Kiefer Sutherland's acting talent. In this film, he portrays an emotionally stunted young man, who meets a beautiful deaf girl. Although he is rich, and has all the advantages possible, he never got over the feeling of abandonment caused by his mother's disappearance after his birth. The deaf girl is attractively portrayed by Vanessa Vaughn, whom, I believe, is deaf in real life. Their courtship is very touching, as she helps him overcome his fear of swimming while he coaches her to speak better! They help each other with their physical and emotional limitations. Another interesting element to this film is the atmosphere! Most of the music is hit songs from the 30's, as well as Canadian alternative music from the mid-eighties! All set in a picturesque modern-day Montreal setting! Although the plot is definitely weak and contrived in some places, this is still a very worthwhile film to watch on an emotional level!

This is my favorite movie. Never again have I seen Kiefer Sutherland play such a character as Brooks. He was open to being a character free of what others think of him or his way of life and found someone just as open. The end result, he finds love. This movie also shows two peoples' first love and that even with difficulties to overcome, dreams can come true.

As the first person on here stated, this movie should by all means be on DVD! This movie can be found on various sites, though I found the movie on Ebay.

Definitely a love story not to be missed.

I love this film. I saw it as a teenager on late night ITV years ago and was over joyed when i found it on DVD. I watched it and hoped it was as good as i remember it being when i saw it as a very tired teenager and i was not disappointed. A really sweet movie full of quirkiness, romance and music so eighties it hurts. Watch this movie and check out Kiefer Sutherland in one of his best rolls. He takes a lot of flack does Mr Sutherland from people who have only seen a select few of his movies and became slightly typecast during the 1990's until 24 relaunched his career at a time when the idea of Kiefer doing a role like that would have made most people chortle. I have to admit i do love Kiefer and have watched nearly all his films now, including t.v movies, some are not great (desert saints is pretty bad as is the break up)but some like After Alice, last days of Frankie the fly and crazy moon are exceptional. I framed my crazy moon poster yesterday that i got from ebay some years ago. Just looking at it made me want to get online and tell the world, now thats a sign of a good movie right?