Old Enough

1984
PG
1h 32m

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Twelve-year-old Lonnie Sloan is a well-to-do New York rich kid and Karen Bruckner is the more ordinary, impoverished New York kid. They happen to meet one day on the street in their neighbor... Read allTwelve-year-old Lonnie Sloan is a well-to-do New York rich kid and Karen Bruckner is the more ordinary, impoverished New York kid. They happen to meet one day on the street in their neighborhood and hit it off.Twelve-year-old Lonnie Sloan is a well-to-do New York rich kid and Karen Bruckner is the more ordinary, impoverished New York kid. They happen to meet one day on the street in their neighborhood and hit it off.

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6.4/10

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Trivia
About one month before the film's release, actress Susan Kingsley, was tragically killed in a car crash. In the movie she played Karen (Rainbow Harvest)'s mom, Mrs. Bruckner, the wife of Mr. Bruckner (Danny Aiello),

Goofs
When Karen teaches Lonnie how to pray the Rosary, she starts with a Hail Mary. The Rosary actually begins with the Apostles' Creed, followed by an Our Father, and then a Hail Mary.

Quotes
Karen: Your bananas is rotten, and this whole dinner stinks!

Connections
Featured in At the Movies: Teachers/Country/The Brother from Another Planet/Old Enough (1984)

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8/10

Honest exploration of friendship and loyalty

This is a rare gem, one that isn't afraid to confront what it means to grow up in 80s America. Set in 80s New York, Silver has lensed an astonishingly authentic view of childhood, surprisingly devoid of sentimentality. She isn't afraid to paint life in realist tones, often shocking the audience with the intrusion of adult behavior upon the young protagonist's life. The issue of class difference is central to the film's development of the two main characters Sarah and Kare; the former a rich Upper East-side innocent; the latter a brash, precocious Italian-Catholic schoolgirl. Yes, this treatment of the different class systems seems rather trite at first, but the complexities of the characters are mapped through until the sombre end, which is a refreshing change from the feel-good nonsense made by Disney et al. This independent film could have been a Disney film; thank Mickey Mouse it wasn't. A testament to the true spirit of independent cinema in the 80s.